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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 15, 2024Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2024, 3:31 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jul 15, 2024, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2024, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 15, 2024, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2024-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 12:00Z on 2024-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

821 
WHUS41 KBUF 151931
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
331 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2024

NYZ010-019-085-160300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0008.240715T2100Z-240716T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
331 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
059 
WHUS41 KBUF 160109
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
909 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2024

NYZ019-161000-
/O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240716T2200Z/
Chautauqua-
909 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Chautauqua county.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ010-085-161000-
/O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240717T0600Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
909 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
935 
WHUS41 KBUF 160802
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
402 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

NYZ019-161615-
/O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240717T0000Z/
Chautauqua-
402 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Chautauqua county.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ010-085-161615-
/O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240717T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
402 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Hitchcock
938 
WHUS41 KBUF 161319
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
919 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

NYZ019-162130-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240717T0000Z/
Chautauqua-
919 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Chautauqua 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.

&&

$$

NYZ010-085-162130-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240717T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
919 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...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.

&&

$$
167 
WHUS41 KBUF 170013
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
813 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

NYZ010-019-085-170115-
/O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240717T0000Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
813 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:57 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF35 hr
Jul 15, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jul 15, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF21 min
Jul 15, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara48 min
Jul 15, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee40 min
Jul 15, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Jul 15, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF49 min
Jul 15, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua, Erie53 min
Jul 15, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF36 min
Jul 15, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans53 min
Jul 15, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Jul 15, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming67 min
Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming54 min
Jul 15, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans27 min
Jul 15, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming60 min
Jul 15, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Wyoming26 min
Jul 15, 4:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming4 hr
Jul 15, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne58 min
Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFOntario, Wayne35 min
Jul 15, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBUFCayuga, Ontario, Oswego, Wayne54 min
Jul 15, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming4 hr
Jul 15, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 min
Jul 15, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne63 min
Jul 15, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBUFLewis, Oswego66 min
Jul 15, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBUFLewis, Oswego55 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.