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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 11, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It took effect at Jul 11, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 11, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2021, 4:07 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
301 WHUS41 KBUF 111946 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 346 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021 NYZ001>003-120415- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0006.210712T0300Z-210712T1500Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 346 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
2 follow-up statements
445 WHUS41 KBUF 120118 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 918 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021 NYZ001>003-121000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0006.210712T0300Z-210712T1500Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 918 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
740 WHUS41 KBUF 120807 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 407 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 NYZ001>003-120915- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210712T1500Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 407 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 14 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.