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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 92 min |
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.