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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 7, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 7, 2021, 4:38 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 7, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2021, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 7, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 9:53 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 873 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

346 
WHUS41 KBUF 070838
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
438 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

NYZ001>004-071645-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0005.210707T1400Z-210708T0300Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
438 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

* WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne 
  counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
784 
WHUS41 KBUF 071441
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1041 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

NYZ001>004-072245-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0300Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
1041 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne 
  counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
398 
WHUS41 KBUF 071929
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
329 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

NYZ001>004-080300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0300Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
329 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne 
  counties.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
643 
WHUS41 KBUF 080153
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
953 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

NYZ001>004-080300-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0300Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
953 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Waves have diminished.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany64 min
Jul 6, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga30 min
Jul 7, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua39 min
Jul 7, 3:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua26 min
Jul 7, 4:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus90 min
Jul 7, 4:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany43 min
Jul 7, 4:39 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF17 hr
Jul 7, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Jul 7, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara38 min
Jul 7, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans48 min
Jul 7, 6:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe41 min
Jul 7, 6:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario41 min
Jul 7, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany42 min
Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston30 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua35 min
Jul 7, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua58 min
Jul 7, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jul 7, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany38 min
Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany37 min
Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany57 min
Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany33 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.