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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 12, 20264 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 12, 2026, 5:18 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 12, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2026, 5:18 AM EDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 12, 2026, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2026-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2026-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

460 
WHUS41 KBUF 120918
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
518 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NYZ010-085-122300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0006.260612T1200Z-260612T2300Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
518 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ006-122300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0006.260612T1800Z-260613T0200Z/
Oswego-
518 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

* WHERE...Beaches of Oswego county.

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
048 
WHUS41 KBUF 122023
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
423 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NYZ005-007-130200-
/O.EXA.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260613T0200Z/
Northern Cayuga-Jefferson-
423 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga and Jefferson counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ010-085-122300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260612T2300Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
423 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ006-130200-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260613T0200Z/
Oswego-
423 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches of Oswego county.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
700 
WHUS41 KBUF 122300
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
700 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NYZ010-085-130000-
/O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260612T2300Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
700 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

$$

NYZ005>007-130200-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260613T0200Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
700 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson 
  counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
274 
WHUS41 KBUF 130145
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
945 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NYZ005>007-130245-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260613T0200Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
945 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

$$

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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.