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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 13, 2026, 2:54 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 13, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2026, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
998 WHUS41 KBUF 131854 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 254 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 NYZ001-002-140200- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0016.260914T0100Z-260914T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans- 254 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara and Orleans counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM EDT this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ003>006-140200- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0016.260914T0100Z-260914T1400Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 254 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ Hitchcock
3 follow-up statements
997 WHUS41 KBUF 140142 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 942 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 NYZ001-002-141000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260914T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans- 942 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara and Orleans counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ003>006-141200- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 942 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
925 WHUS41 KBUF 140935 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 535 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 NYZ001-002-141045- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260914T1000Z/ Niagara-Orleans- 535 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ NYZ003>006-141400- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 535 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
918 WHUS41 KBUF 141403 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1003 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 NYZ003>006-141515- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 1003 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Waves will continue to subside today. $$ Hitchcock
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 3:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 31 hr | |
| Sep 13, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 53 min |
| Sep 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Niagara | 4 hr |
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.