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Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 29, 2012, 4:01 AM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Mar 30, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2012, 4:01 AM PDT (11:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 9:28 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
091 WHUS46 KLOX 291101 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 401 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... CAZ034-035-039>041-087-291915- /O.NEW.KLOX.CF.S.0005.120331T0400Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 401 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...VERY LARGE SURF IS POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY... THERE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE SIGNIFICANT GROUNDSWELLS THAT COULD AFFECT MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING. INITIALLY A 3 TO 4 FOOT SOUTHERLY SWELL WITH A VERY LONG PERIOD OF 19 SECONDS COULD BRING SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. THIS SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL BE OVER-RUN BY A POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WEST TO NORTHWEST GROUNDSWELL WHICH SHOULD DEVELOP FROM A FEW STORM SYSTEMS IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. SWELL HEIGHTS COULD REACH BETWEEN 15 TO 20 FEET ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS WITH A 14 TO 15 SECOND PERIOD. THIS SHOULD GENERATE SURF ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST BETWEEN 12 TO 18 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SETS TO AROUND 23 FEET DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SUNDAY. THE HIGH SURF WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY...THEN LOWER MORE SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SINCE THERE WILL LIKELY BE A WESTERLY INFLUENCE WITH THIS LARGE SWELL...THE INNER WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED WITH LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH SURF ACROSS WESTERN FACING BEACHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY COAST AS WELL AS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COASTAL AREAS INCLUDING CATALINA ISLAND BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING WITH SURF POSSIBLY BETWEEN 7 TO 12 FEET...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 18 FEET AFFECTING THE BEACHES NEAR VENTURA ON SUNDAY DURING THE PEAK OF THE HIGH SURF. SURF WILL THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN LOWER MORE SIGNIFICANTLY BY MONDAY EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAKING SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. FISHERMAN SHOULD STAY OFF JETTIES AS WAVES CAN SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE OCEAN. HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WITH MORE DETAIL WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. $$ KAPLAN/ASR
8 follow-up statements
412 WHUS46 KLOX 291159 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 459 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... CAZ034-035-039>041-087-300100- /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.120331T0400Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 459 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...VERY LARGE SURF IS POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY... THERE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE SIGNIFICANT GROUNDSWELLS THAT COULD AFFECT MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING. INITIALLY A 3 TO 4 FOOT SOUTHERLY SWELL ORIGINATING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH A VERY LONG PERIOD OF 19 SECONDS COULD BRING SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. THIS SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL BE OVER-RUN BY A POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WEST TO NORTHWEST GROUNDSWELL ORIGINATING FROM A STORM SYSTEM AROUND 500 NM WEST OF SAN FRANCISCO ARRIVING BY SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS COULD REACH BETWEEN 15 TO 20 FEET ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS WITH A 14 TO 15 SECOND PERIOD. THIS SHOULD GENERATE SURF ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST BETWEEN 12 TO 18 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SETS TO AROUND 23 FEET DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SUNDAY. THE HIGH SURF WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MONDAY...THEN LOWER MORE SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SINCE THERE WILL LIKELY BE A WESTERLY INFLUENCE WITH THIS LARGE SWELL...THE INNER WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED WITH LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH SURF ACROSS WESTERN FACING BEACHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY COAST AS WELL AS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COASTAL AREAS INCLUDING CATALINA ISLAND BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING WITH SURF POSSIBLY BETWEEN 7 TO 12 FEET...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 18 FEET AFFECTING THE BEACHES NEAR VENTURA ON SUNDAY DURING THE PEAK OF THE HIGH SURF. SURF WILL THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN LOWER MORE SIGNIFICANTLY BY MONDAY EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAKING SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. FISHERMAN SHOULD STAY OFF JETTIES AS WAVES CAN SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE OCEAN. HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WITH MORE DETAIL WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. $$ KAPLAN/ASR
706 WHUS46 KLOX 300105 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 605 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... CAZ034-035-039>041-087-301300- /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.120331T0400Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 605 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...VERY LARGE SURF IS POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY... THERE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE SIGNIFICANT GROUNDSWELLS THAT COULD AFFECT MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING. INITIALLY A 3 TO 4 FOOT SOUTHERLY SWELL ORIGINATING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH A VERY LONG PERIOD OF 19 SECONDS COULD BRING SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. THIS SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL BE OVER-RUN BY A POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WEST TO NORTHWEST GROUNDSWELL THAT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY SATURDAY NIGHT. SWELL HEIGHTS COULD REACH IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS WITH A 14 SECOND PERIOD. THIS SHOULD GENERATE SURF ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST BETWEEN 12 TO 18 FEET BY SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SETS TO AROUND 23 FEET DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SUNDAY. THE HIGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THEN LOWER MORE SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS LARGE SWELL ENERGY WILL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A STRONG WESTERLY COMPONENT...LIKELY IMPACTING THE INNER WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY COAST. THESE AREAS COULD SEE SURF BETWEEN 7 AND 12 FEET ON SUNDAY...WITH LOCAL SETS AS HIGH AS 18 FEET NEAR VENTURA. HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...SLOWLY DISSIPATING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAKING SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. FISHERMAN SHOULD STAY OFF JETTIES AS WAVES CAN SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE OCEAN. AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. $$ GOMBERG
756 WHUS46 KLOX 301110 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 410 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... CAZ034-035-039>041-087-310130- /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.120331T0400Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 410 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...VERY LARGE SURF IS POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY... THERE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE SIGNIFICANT GROUNDSWELLS THAT COULD AFFECT MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. INITIALLY A 3 TO 4 FOOT SOUTHERLY SWELL ORIGINATING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH A VERY LONG PERIOD OF 19 SECONDS COULD BRING SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY MALIBU AND ZUMA BEACHES. THIS SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL BE OVER-RUN BY A POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WEST TO NORTHWEST GROUNDSWELL THAT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY SATURDAY NIGHT. SWELL HEIGHTS COULD REACH IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS WITH A 14 SECOND PERIOD. THIS SHOULD GENERATE SURF ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST BETWEEN 12 TO 18 FEET BY SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SETS TO AROUND 23 FEET DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT ON SUNDAY. THE HIGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THEN LOWER MORE SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS LARGE SWELL ENERGY WILL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A STRONG WESTERLY COMPONENT...LIKELY IMPACTING THE INNER WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY COAST. THESE AREAS COULD SEE SURF BETWEEN 7 AND 12 FEET ON SUNDAY...WITH LOCAL SETS AS HIGH AS 18 FEET NEAR VENTURA. HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...SLOWLY DISSIPATING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAKING SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. FISHERMAN SHOULD STAY OFF JETTIES AS WAVES CAN SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE OCEAN. AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. $$ KAPLAN
527 WHUS46 KLOX 302121 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 221 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 CAZ034-035-039>041-087-311200- /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.120331T0400Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 221 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...VERY LARGE SURF IS LIKELY ACROSS COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY... THERE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE SIGNIFICANT SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREAS...BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. STARTING THIS EVENING...A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL BUILD INTO THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH THE SOUTHERLY SWELL CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE ABOVE-NORMAL SURF CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...A LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THIS WESTERLY SWELL WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...SURF HEIGHTS OF 12 TO 18 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES WITH LOCAL SETS AS HIGH AS 23 FEET. FOR WEST-FACING BEACHES SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 7 AND 12 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL SETS AS HIGH AS 18 FEET...ESPECIALLY NEAR VENTURA. THIS COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS RIP CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE NEAR THE OCEAN. FISHERMAN SHOULD STAY OFF JETTIES AS WAVES CAN SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE OCEAN. AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE LOCAL BEACHES. $$ RAT
558 WHUS46 KLOX 311157 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 457 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACHES TODAY. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ON EXPOSED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. VERY LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL PUSHING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ON MOST BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS COULD REACH 25 FEET ON THE CENTRAL COAST BEACHES...AND 15 TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SLOWLY ON MONDAY. CAZ041-087-312000- /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120331T1600Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 457 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 9 FEET ON EXPOSED SOUTH FACING BEACHES. SURF MAY SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TONIGHT...BUT WILL BUILD AGAIN TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 530 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 730 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ CAZ034-035-312000- /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1000Z-120402T2200Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 457 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 3 PM PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS TO 25 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 8 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ CAZ039-312000- /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 457 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ CAZ040-312000- /O.NEW.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 457 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 18 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES...SUCH AS VENTURA HARBOR. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ DB
691 WHUS46 KLOX 311213 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 513 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACHES TODAY. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ON EXPOSED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. VERY LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL PUSHING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ON MOST BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS COULD REACH 25 FEET ON THE CENTRAL COAST BEACHES...AND 15 TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SLOWLY ON MONDAY. CAZ041-087-312015- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120331T1600Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 513 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 9 FEET ON EXPOSED SOUTH FACING BEACHES. SURF MAY SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TONIGHT...BUT WILL BUILD AGAIN TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 530 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 730 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$ CAZ034-035-312015- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1000Z-120402T2200Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 513 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 3 PM PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS TO 25 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 8 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$ CAZ039-312015- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 513 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$ CAZ040-312015- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 513 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 18 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES...SUCH AS VENTURA HARBOR. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$
343 WHUS46 KLOX 312004 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 104 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO PORTIONS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACHES TODAY. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ON EXPOSED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. VERY LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL PUSHING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ON MOST BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS COULD REACH 25 FEET ON THE CENTRAL COAST BEACHES...AND 15 TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SLOWLY ON MONDAY. CAZ034-035-010415- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1000Z-120402T2200Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 104 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 3 PM PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS TO 25 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 8 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$ CAZ041-087-010415- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 104 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 9 FEET ON EXPOSED SOUTH FACING BEACHES. SURF MAY SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TONIGHT...BUT WILL BUILD AGAIN TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 530 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 730 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$ CAZ039-010415- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 104 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$ CAZ040-010415- /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 104 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 18 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES...SUCH AS VENTURA HARBOR. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. && $$
714 WHUS46 KLOX 010428 CFWLOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 928 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A VERY LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL FROM AN EARLIER PACIFIC STORM WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA OF SUNDAY...AND GENERATE HIGH SURF OVER MOST BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS COULD REACH 25 FEET ON THE CENTRAL COAST BEACHES...AND 15 TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SLOWLY ON MONDAY. CAZ034-035-011230- /O.CAN.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1000Z-120402T2200Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 928 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 3 PM PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 18 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...MAXIMUM SETS TO 25 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 8 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ CAZ039-011230- /O.CAN.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- 928 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ CAZ041-087-011230- /O.CAN.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120402T1900Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- CATALINA ISLAND- 928 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 530 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 730 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ CAZ040-011230- /O.CAN.KLOX.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T0900Z/ /O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0015.120401T1500Z-120402T1900Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- 928 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO NOON PDT MONDAY... * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 18 FEET POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR VENTURA HARBOR. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELL AND SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THIS WILL MAKE OCEAN ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OF 4 FEET...AROUND 6 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING AND 745 PM PDT SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID FISHING OR OBSERVING WAVES FROM EXPOSED ROCKS OR JETTIES. LARGE WAVES MAY SUDDENLY INUNDATE PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ RK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this coastal flood statement went out at Mar 29, 3:40 AM PDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:40 AM PDT, 21 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 340 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY. NIGHT THROUGH MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. A LOW WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL COAST ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION. NEXT WEEK... A WARMING TREND WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY MIDWEEK AND FAIR SKIES ARE FORECASTED. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-SAT)... MARINE LAYER DEPTH HAS RISEN TO 1200 FEET UP ABOUT 500 FEET IN THE LAST 6 HOURS. DESPITE OFFSHORE FLOW FROM THE NORTH LOW CLOUDS HAVE MOVED IN FROM THE COAST AND NOW COVER ALL THE VALLEYS EXCEPT FOR THE SANTA CLARITA. LOW CLOUDS ARE A LITTLE LOWER ACROSS SBA AND SLO COUNTIES AND SOME DENSE FOG HAS FORMED THERE...THIS DENSE FOG WILL LAST THROUGH MID MORNING BUT IT IS FAIRLY ISOLATED. MAX TEMPS WILL BE UP A FEW DEGREES TODAY ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS BUT THE COASTAL AREAS WILL REMAIN COOL UNDER THE MARINE LAYER AND A TYPICAL SEA BREEZE. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO CLEAR MOST AREAS OF THE LOW CLOUDS. THE BIG EXCEPTION BEING THE L.A. COAST WHICH IS FAIRLY SHELTERED...IN FACT THE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD MAKE IT PARTIALLY INTO THE SAN GABRIEL VLY. THERE WILL BE A WEAK NON ADVISORY LEVEL SUNDOWNER ACROSS THE SBA SOUTH COAST LOOK FOR 15 TO 25 MPH BELOW THE FAVORED CANYONS. FRIDAY WILL BE WARM WITH STILL HIGHER HGTS COMBINING WITH WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW. MAX TEMPS WILL REACH TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 8 DAYS. SATURDAY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING CLOUDS AND LIKELY RAIN TO THE CENTRAL COAST AS IT WASHES OUT OVER SLO AND SBA COUNTY. VENTURA AND L.A. WILL LIKELY ONLY SEE A BIG INCREASE IN CLOUDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL ONLY BA A QUARTER INCH OR LESS WITH THE USUAL EXCEPTION OF EXTREME NW SLO COUNTY WHERE TO FOOTHILLS COULD RECEIVE AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN. WITH THE CLOUDS...LOWER HGTS...AND ONSHORE FLOW MAX TEMPS WILL PLUMMET 10 TO 15 DEGREES OVER MOST AREAS AND WILL AGAIN BE MANY DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. NORTH WINDS WILL PUSH IN BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE I-5 CORRIDOR...THE ANTELOPE VLY AND PERHAPS THE SBA SOUTH COAST. .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)... XTND MDLS NOT IN THE BEST OF AGREEMENT BUT ALL AGREE THAT IT WILL BE DRY THROUGH WED. FLAT WESTERLY ALOFT PREVAILS SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROF EXITS THE STATE. THE FLOW TURNS SOUTHWEST AND HGTS SLOWLY RISE EACH DAY MON AND TUE THIS SHOULD TRIGGER A SLIGHT WARMING TREND. A LARGE TROF BEGINS TO PUSH DOWN THE WEST COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND HGTS BEGIN TO FALL THIS SHOULD PUSH MAX TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MID AND HIGH CLOUDS EMBEDDED IN THE SW FLOW TO KEEP THE SKIES IN THE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY RANGE. ALWAYS HARD TO FORECAST MARINE LAYER CLOUDS IN THE EXTENDED IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WARMING ALOFT TO CREATE A STRONG ENOUGH INVERSION FOR LOW CLOUD FORMATION...SO LEFT THEM OUT OF FORECAST...BUT WOULD NOT BE TOO VERY SURPRISED TO SEE SOME LOW CLOUDS WED MORNING AHEAD OF THE TROF. && .AVIATION... 29/1150Z WILL BE ISSUES WITH THE 12Z TAFS KLAX... KBUR... && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...RORKE AVIATION...KAPLAN SYNOPSIS...B WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 6:00 AM PDT, 22 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PDT WED MAR 28 2012 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-291300- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 600 AM PDT WED MAR 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT RAIN WILL CREATE LOCAL DRIVING HAZARDS ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES TODAY. BEACH GOERS WILL FACE AN ELEVATED RISK OF HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS. * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. RORKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:54 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 60 hr | |
| Mar 29, 5:23 AM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOX | 4 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in California, 2012Every coastal flood statement in 2012
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.