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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

September 21, 2012Monterey County, Santa Cruz County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 21, 2012, 2:04 PM PDT for Monterey County, Santa Cruz County, California. It took effect at Sep 23, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2012, 2:04 PM PDT (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 23, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT
In force
40 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 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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.

163 
WHUS46 KMTR 212104
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
204 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY AREA
BEACHES...

A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
STARTING LATE SUNDAY EVENING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SURF. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT
WEST FACING BEACHES.

CAZ529-222115-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0009.120924T0600Z-120925T1000Z/
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
204 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONGER THAN USUAL RIP
CURRENTS AND LARGE SURF... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...MANRESA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ530-222115-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0009.120924T0600Z-120925T1000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
204 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONGER THAN USUAL RIP
CURRENTS AND LARGE SURF... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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5 follow-up statements
169 
WHUS46 KMTR 222106
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
206 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY
AREA BEACHES...

A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
STARTING LATE SUNDAY EVENING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SURF. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD
STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AT WEST FACING BEACHES.

CAZ529-232115-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0009.120924T0600Z-120925T1000Z/
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
206 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATION...MANRESA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ530-232115-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0009.120924T0600Z-120925T1000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
206 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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353 
WHUS46 KMTR 232028
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
128 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012

...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR SELECT MONTEREY BAY
AREA BEACHES...

A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
STARTING LATE SUNDAY EVENING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AND LOCALLY LARGE SURF. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD
STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AT WEST FACING BEACHES.

CAZ529-242030-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0009.120924T0600Z-120925T1000Z/
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
128 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATION...MANRESA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ530-242030-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0009.120924T0600Z-120925T1000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
128 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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772 
WHUS46 KMTR 242302
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
402 PM PDT MON SEP 24 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 LATE TONIGHT. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD
STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AT WEST FACING BEACHES.

CAZ529-251000-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120925T1000Z/
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
402 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...MANRESA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ530-251000-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120925T1000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
402 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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765 
WHUS46 KMTR 250928
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
228 AM 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 AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A BEACH HAZARD
STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AT WEST FACING BEACHES.

CAZ529-251030-
/O.CAN.KMTR.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120925T1000Z/
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
228 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. 



$$

CAZ530-252200-
/O.EXT.KMTR.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120925T2200Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
228 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* LOCATION...MARINA STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

&&

$$


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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.

&&

$$


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The office that day

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

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Sep 21, 8:53 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR18 hr

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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.