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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at May 23, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
081 WHUS41 KBUF 232042 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 442 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026 NYZ001>003-240445- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0003.260523T2042Z-260524T0800Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 442 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
2 follow-up statements
611 WHUS41 KBUF 240411 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1211 AM EDT Sun May 24 2026 NYZ001>003-240800- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260524T0800Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 1211 AM EDT Sun May 24 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT early this morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
744 WHUS41 KBUF 240750 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 350 AM EDT Sun May 24 2026 NYZ001>003-240900- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260524T0800Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 350 AM EDT Sun May 24 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Winds and waves will continue to decrease through this afternoon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 43 hr | |
| May 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 17 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.