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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 6, 2026Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

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.

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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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 9:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF27 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.