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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 12, 2023Erie County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2023-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:20 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF18 hr
Aug 12, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Aug 12, 11:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara, Orleans60 min
Aug 12, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Aug 12, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 min
Aug 12, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego30 min
Aug 12, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming30 min
Aug 12, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Livingston, Wyoming54 min
Aug 12, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF56 min
Aug 12, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis57 min
Aug 12, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis46 min
Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego53 min
Aug 12, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson62 min
Aug 12, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis43 min
Aug 12, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis35 min
Aug 12, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Aug 12, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans35 min
Aug 12, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego63 min
Aug 12, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 min
Aug 12, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego44 min
Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Aug 12, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis67 min
Aug 12, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF33 min
Aug 12, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFOswego35 min
Aug 12, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego61 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.