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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 25, 2012, 3:29 PM PDT for Monterey County, Santa Cruz County, California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2012, 3:29 PM PDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties Monterey County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167 WHUS46 KMTR 252230 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 330 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES... A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT WEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ530-260400- /O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120925T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0010.120925T2229Z-120926T0400Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 330 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR MARINA STATE BEACH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ CAZ529-260400- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0010.120925T2229Z-120926T0400Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 330 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR MANRESA STATE BEACH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...MANRESA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
1 follow-up statement
147 WHUS46 KMTR 252232 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 332 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES... A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT WEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ529-260400- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-120926T0400Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 332 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MANRESA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ CAZ530-260400- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-120926T0400Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 332 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 9:29 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | MTR | 17 hr | |
| Sep 25, 2:22 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 31 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2012Every beach hazards 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.