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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 21, 2026, 5:41 PM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 21, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2026, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2026, 1:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
642 WHUS41 KBUF 212141 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 541 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 NYZ001>007-221200- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0011.260721T2200Z-260723T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 541 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson counties. * WHEN...Through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
3 follow-up statements
896 WHUS41 KBUF 221009 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 609 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 NYZ001>007-222000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 609 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
257 WHUS41 KBUF 221634 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1234 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 NYZ001>007-231000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 1234 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson 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. && $$ Hitchcock
910 WHUS41 KBUF 230555 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 155 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026 NYZ001>007-230700- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 155 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Jul 21, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 38 min | |
| Jul 21, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 76 min |
| Jul 21, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 31 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.