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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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. && $$
274 WHUS41 KBUF 130145 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 945 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026 NYZ005>007-130245- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260613T0200Z/ Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 945 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
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.