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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 14, 2026, 4:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 14, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2026, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 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 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
829 WHUS41 KBUF 140803 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 403 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 NYZ010-085-141615- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0009.260714T1400Z-260715T0800Z/ Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 403 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Erie county. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ007-141615- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0009.260714T1200Z-260715T1500Z/ Jefferson- 403 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Jefferson county. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
4 follow-up statements
806 WHUS41 KBUF 141044 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 644 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 NYZ010-085-142000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.260714T1400Z-260715T0800Z/ Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 644 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Erie county. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ007-142000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.260714T1200Z-260715T1500Z/ Jefferson- 644 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Jefferson county. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
710 WHUS41 KBUF 141945 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 NYZ005-006-151500- /O.EXA.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260715T1500Z/ Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga and Oswego counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ010-085-150800- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260715T0800Z/ Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Erie county. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ NYZ007-151500- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260715T1500Z/ Jefferson- 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Jefferson county. * WHEN...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
062 WHUS41 KBUF 150749 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 349 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 NYZ010-085-150900- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260715T0800Z/ Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 349 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ NYZ005>007-151500- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260715T1500Z/ Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 349 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
516 WHUS41 KBUF 151443 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1043 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 NYZ005>007-151545- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260715T1500Z/ Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 1043 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 31 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.