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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 29, 20216 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 29, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 30, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 30, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 30, 2021, 10:20 PM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

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

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

738 
WHUS41 KBUF 292017
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
417 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

NYZ001>004-300430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0008.210730T0600Z-210731T0600Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
417 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 AM EDT Friday through late Friday night.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
952 
WHUS41 KBUF 292339
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
739 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

NYZ001>004-300800-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.210730T0600Z-210731T0600Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
739 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 AM EDT Friday through late Friday night.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
189 
WHUS41 KBUF 300239
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1039 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

NYZ001>004-301045-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.210730T0600Z-210731T0600Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
1039 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 AM EDT Friday through late Friday night.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
284 
WHUS41 KBUF 300815
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
415 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NYZ005-006-301615-
/O.EXB.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0400Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-
415 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga and Oswego 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.

&&

$$

NYZ001>004-301615-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0600Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
415 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

TMA
138 
WHUS41 KBUF 301455
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1055 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NYZ001>004-302300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0600Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
1055 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ005-006-302300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0400Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-
1055 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga and Oswego 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.

&&

$$
891 
WHUS41 KBUF 302312
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
712 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NYZ005-006-310015-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0400Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-
712 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

NYZ001-002-310015-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0600Z/
Niagara-Orleans-
712 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

NYZ003-004-310600-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0600Z/
Monroe-Wayne-
712 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Monroe and Wayne counties.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Saturday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
760 
WHUS41 KBUF 310220
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1020 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NYZ003-004-310330-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210731T0600Z/
Monroe-Wayne-
1020 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 29, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua61 min
Jul 29, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie60 min
Jul 29, 4:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF27 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.