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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 27, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 27, 2021, 4:16 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2021, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 4:20 AM EDT
In force
20 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 08:17 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 00:00Z, 8.3 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 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 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 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WHUS41 KBUF 270816
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
416 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYZ001>004-271630-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0009.210827T1200Z-210828T0900Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
416 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through late tonight.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
478 
WHUS41 KBUF 271038
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
638 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYZ001>004-271845-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.210827T1200Z-210828T0900Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
638 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

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

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

* 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.

&&

$$
066 
WHUS41 KBUF 271426
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1026 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYZ001>004-272200-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210828T0900Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
1026 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 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.

&&

$$

JJR
715 
WHUS41 KBUF 272023
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
423 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYZ001>004-280430-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210828T0900Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
423 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 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
412 
WHUS41 KBUF 280244
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1044 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYZ001>004-280900-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210828T0900Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
1044 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 5 AM EDT Saturday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

TMA
564 
WHUS41 KBUF 280820
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
420 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

NYZ001>004-280930-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210828T0900Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-
420 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany48 min
Aug 27, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus92 min

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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.