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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 6, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jun 6, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2026, 5:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:15 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 00:00Z, 8.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
994 WHUS41 KBUF 060810 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 410 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 NYZ019-085-061615- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0005.260606T1500Z-260606T2200Z/ Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 410 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
2 follow-up statements
331 WHUS41 KBUF 061557 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1157 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 NYZ019-085-062200- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-260606T2200Z/ Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 1157 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
901 WHUS41 KBUF 062157 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 557 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 NYZ019-085-062300- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-260606T2200Z/ Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 557 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:38 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 27 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.