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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at May 20, 2026, 11:50 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at May 21, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2026, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
082 WHUS41 KBUF 210350 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1150 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026 NYZ007-210500- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260521T0400Z/ Jefferson- 1150 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$ NYZ003-004-211500- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0002.260521T0600Z-260521T1500Z/ Monroe-Wayne- 1150 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Monroe and Wayne counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ005-006-211500- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260521T1500Z/ Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 1150 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga and Oswego counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
1 follow-up statement
517 WHUS41 KBUF 211446 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1046 AM EDT Thu May 21 2026 NYZ005-006-211600- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260521T1500Z/ Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 1046 AM EDT Thu May 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... Winds and waves will gradually lower through the afternoon. $$ NYZ003-004-211600- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260521T1500Z/ Monroe-Wayne- 1046 AM EDT Thu May 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... Winds and waves will gradually lower through the afternoon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:10 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 31 hr |
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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.