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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 28, 2022Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2022, 4:30 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jul 28, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2022, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 28, 2022, 7:29 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2022-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2022-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

533 
WHUS41 KBUF 280830
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NYZ010-085-281630-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0011.220728T1500Z-220729T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
992 
WHUS41 KBUF 281051
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
651 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NYZ010-085-281900-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.220728T1500Z-220729T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
651 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
380 
WHUS41 KBUF 281608
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1208 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NYZ010-085-290000-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-220729T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
1208 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

EAJ
551 
WHUS41 KBUF 282329
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
729 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NYZ010-085-290030-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-220729T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
729 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF18 hr
Jul 28, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jul 28, 8:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie42 min
Jul 28, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie44 min
Jul 28, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara34 min
Jul 28, 10:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 28, 10:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans34 min
Jul 28, 10:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming45 min
Jul 28, 10:37 AM EDTTornado WarningBUFLivingston, Wyoming38 min
Jul 28, 11:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 28, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming56 min
Jul 28, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga34 min
Jul 28, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF87 min
Jul 28, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson64 min
Jul 28, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF103 min
Jul 28, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis64 min
Jul 28, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe28 min

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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.