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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2012, 2:23 PM PDT for Monterey County, Santa Cruz County, California. It took effect at Sep 29, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2012, 2:23 PM PDT (21:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 48 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 21:23 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
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
491 WHUS46 KMTR 282123 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 223 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AS WELL AS A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT SOUTH FACING AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ529-292130- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0011.120929T1200Z-121001T1200Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 223 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR AN ENHANCED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE SHORE BREAKS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...NATURAL BRIDGES STATE BEACH...SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK STATE BEACH...AND TWIN LAKES STATE BEACH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ530-292130- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0011.120929T1200Z-121001T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 223 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR AN ENHANCED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE SHORE BREAKS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH...MONTEREY STATE BEACH...AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
5 follow-up statements
877 WHUS46 KMTR 282146 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 246 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AS WELL AS A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT SOUTH FACING AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ529-292200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.120929T1200Z-121001T1200Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 246 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...NATURAL BRIDGES STATE BEACH...SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK STATE BEACH...AND TWIN LAKES STATE BEACH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ530-292200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.120929T1200Z-121001T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 246 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH...MONTEREY STATE BEACH...AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
800 WHUS46 KMTR 282236 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 336 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AS WELL AS A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL ARRIVE ALONG THE COAST BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THESE SWELL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT BOTH SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ529-292200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.120929T1200Z-121001T1200Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 336 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...NATURAL BRIDGES STATE BEACH...SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK STATE BEACH...AND TWIN LAKES STATE BEACH. * TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ530-292200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.120929T1200Z-121001T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 336 PM PDT FRI SEP 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH...MONTEREY STATE BEACH...AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH. * TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
699 WHUS46 KMTR 292100 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 200 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AS WELL AS A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THESE SWELL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT BOTH SOUTH FACING BEACHES AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ529-302100- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121001T1200Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 200 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...NATURAL BRIDGES STATE BEACH...SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK STATE BEACH...AND TWIN LAKES STATE BEACH. * TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ530-302100- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121001T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 200 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH...MONTEREY STATE BEACH...AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH. * TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
531 WHUS46 KMTR 302039 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 139 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THESE SWELL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. CAZ529-011145- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121001T1200Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 139 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...NATURAL BRIDGES STATE BEACH...SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK STATE BEACH...AND TWIN LAKES STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ530-011145- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121001T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 139 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH...MONTEREY STATE BEACH...AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND POTENTIALLY LARGE SHORE BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
283 WHUS46 KMTR 011136 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 436 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 CAZ529-011245- /O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121001T1200Z/ NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- 436 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... LONG PERIOD SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TODAY. THEREFORE THE BEACH HAZARD FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CAZ530-011245- /O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121001T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 436 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... LONG PERIOD SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TODAY. THEREFORE THE BEACH HAZARD FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 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 28, 8:36 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 12 hr | |
| Sep 28, 10:57 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 4 more | 40 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.