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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 6, 2012, 2:55 PM PDT for Monterey County, California. It took effect at Sep 8, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2012, 2:55 PM PDT (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- 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 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898
WHUS46 KMTR 062155
CFWMTR
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
255 PM PDT THU SEP 6 2012
...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY AREA
BEACHES...
A DISTANTLY GENERATED NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH WAVE HEIGHTS
WILL NOT BE LARGE THE WAVES WILL BE ENERGETIC...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT
NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES.
CAZ530-072200-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0008.120908T1200Z-120910T0000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
255 PM PDT THU SEP 6 2012
...BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG
RIP CURRENTS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATION...ASILOMAR AND MONTEREY STATE BEACHES AS WELL AS
MARINA STATE BEACH.
* TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS
ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE
VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP
CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP
CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS
SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.
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.
&&
$$
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO3 follow-up statements
619 WHUS46 KMTR 071205 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 505 AM PDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY AREA BEACHES... A DISTANTLY GENERATED NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH WAVE HEIGHTS WILL NOT BE LARGE THE WAVES WILL BE ENERGETIC...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ530-081200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0008.120908T1200Z-120910T0000Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 505 AM PDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...ASILOMAR AND MONTEREY STATE BEACHES AS WELL AS MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
365 WHUS46 KMTR 081747 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1047 AM PDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY AREA BEACHES... A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL HAS MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ530-091800- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120910T0000Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1047 AM PDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...ASILOMAR AND MONTEREY STATE BEACHES AS WELL AS MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
291 WHUS46 KMTR 091739 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1039 AM PDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY AREA BEACHES... A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL HAS MOVED INTO THE COASTAL WATERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ530-100600- /O.EXT.KMTR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120910T0600Z/ SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1039 AM PDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ASILOMAR AND MONTEREY STATE BEACHES AS WELL AS MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ 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 6, 2:34 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 18 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.