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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

May 23, 2012Monterey County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at May 23, 2012, 11:55 AM PDT for Monterey County, California. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2012, 11:55 AM PDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

County Monterey County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

654 
WHUS46 KMTR 231855
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
1155 AM PDT WED MAY 23 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT...

CAZ530-241800-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0003.120523T1855Z-120524T1800Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
1155 AM PDT WED MAY 23 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

AS OF 5/22/2012...A MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEACH WATER
QUALITY ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STILLWATER COVE, LOVERS
POINT, AND MONTEREY MUNICIPAL BEACH. BACTERIA LEVELS HAVE EXCEEDED
HEALTH GUIDELINES AND THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED NOT TO HAVE OCEAN
WATER CONTACT AT THIS TIME. ALL OTHER MONTEREY COUNTY BEACHES ARE
OPEN WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

* LOCATION...STILLWATER COVE, LOVERS POINT, AND MONTEREY MUNICIPAL
  BEACH.

* TIMING...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED OCEAN WATER MAY CAUSE 
  ILLNESS. 

* SOURCE...THIS INFORMATION IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST 
  OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
  VISIT WWW.MTYHD.ORG/BEACH (ALL LOWER CASE) OR CALL 1-800-347- 
  6363. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR
A BEACH BACTERIA WARNING MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE BACTERIAL
STANDARD HAS BEEN EXCEEDED...BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN SOURCE OF
HUMAN SEWAGE. A BEACH WARNING ALERTS THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
RISK OF ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONTACT. WARNING MAY ALSO
BE POSTED WHERE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND CAN
BE EXPLAINED AS NOT OF HUMAN ORIGIN (E.G.... RESIDENT MARINE
MAMMALS OR SEABIRDS). PLEASE AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER AT THIS
TIME.

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.

&&

$$


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3 follow-up statements

419 
WHUS46 KMTR 241758
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
1058 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT...

CAZ530-251800-
/O.EXT.KMTR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T1800Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
1058 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* LOCATION...STILLWATER COVE... LOVERS POINT... AND MONTEREY 
  MUNICIPAL BEACH. 

* TIMING...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED OCEAN WATER MAY CAUSE 
  ILLNESS. 

* SOURCE...THIS INFORMATION IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST 
  OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
  VISIT WWW.MTYHD.ORG/BEACH (ALL LOWER CASE) OR CALL 1-800-347- 
  6363. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR
A BEACH BACTERIA WARNING MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE BACTERIAL
STANDARD HAS BEEN EXCEEDED...BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN SOURCE OF
HUMAN SEWAGE. A BEACH WARNING ALERTS THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
RISK OF ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONTACT. WARNING MAY ALSO
BE POSTED WHERE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND CAN
BE EXPLAINED AS NOT OF HUMAN ORIGIN (E.G.... RESIDENT MARINE
MAMMALS OR SEABIRDS). PLEASE AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER AT THIS
TIME.

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.

&&

$$


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966 
WHUS46 KMTR 242139
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
239 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT...

CAZ530-252145-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T1800Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
239 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* LOCATION...STILLWATER COVE.

* TIMING...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED OCEAN WATER MAY CAUSE 
  ILLNESS. 

* SOURCE...THIS INFORMATION IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST 
  OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
  VISIT WWW.MTYHD.ORG/BEACH (ALL LOWER CASE) OR CALL 1-800-347- 
  6363. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR
A BEACH BACTERIA WARNING MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE BACTERIAL
STANDARD HAS BEEN EXCEEDED...BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN SOURCE OF
HUMAN SEWAGE. A BEACH WARNING ALERTS THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
RISK OF ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONTACT. WARNING MAY ALSO
BE POSTED WHERE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND CAN
BE EXPLAINED AS NOT OF HUMAN ORIGIN (E.G.... RESIDENT MARINE
MAMMALS OR SEABIRDS). PLEASE AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER AT THIS
TIME.

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.

&&

$$


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958 
WHUS46 KMTR 242155
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
255 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT AT STILLWATER COVE FOR HIGH
BACTERIA...

CAZ530-252200-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T1800Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
255 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HIGH BACTERIA THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATION...STILLWATER COVE.

* TIMING...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED OCEAN WATER MAY CAUSE 
  ILLNESS. 

* SOURCE...THIS INFORMATION IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST 
  OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
  VISIT WWW.MTYHD.ORG/BEACH (ALL LOWER CASE) OR CALL 1-800-347- 
  6363. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR
A BEACH BACTERIA WARNING MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE BACTERIAL
STANDARD HAS BEEN EXCEEDED...BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN SOURCE OF
HUMAN SEWAGE. A BEACH WARNING ALERTS THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
RISK OF ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONTACT. WARNING MAY ALSO
BE POSTED WHERE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND CAN
BE EXPLAINED AS NOT OF HUMAN ORIGIN (E.G.... RESIDENT MARINE
MAMMALS OR SEABIRDS). PLEASE AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER AT THIS
TIME.

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.

&&

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 2:55 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	MTR		48 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2012 Every 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.