Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2023
Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 12, 2023, 4:31 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It took effect at Aug 12, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2023, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 12, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:30 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
597 WHUS41 KBUF 120831 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 431 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 NYZ010-085-121645- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0011.230812T1600Z-230812T2200Z/ Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 431 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Erie county. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ JLA
1 follow-up statement
052 WHUS41 KBUF 121448 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1048 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 NYZ010-085-122200- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.230812T1600Z-230812T2200Z/ Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 1048 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Erie county. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Aug 12, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 12, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 11:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 52 min | |
| Aug 12, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Aug 12, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 12, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 33 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Oswego | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 61 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.