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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 11, 2021Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:44 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF14 hr

Nearby

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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.