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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

September 24, 20136 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 24, 2013, 7:47 AM PDT for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Sep 24, 2013, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2013, 7:47 AM PDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 24, 2013, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2013-09-24Temperature 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 2013-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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.

042 
WHUS46 KMTR 241447
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
747 AM PDT TUE SEP 24 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS BEACH
CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-242100-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0010.130924T1500Z-130924T2100Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
747 AM PDT TUE SEP 24 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER
WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...ALONG THE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY TO MONTEREY
  COUNTY.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. IN
  ADDITION...EXCESSIVE RUN UP OF WAVES ONTO BEACHES IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 12:48 PM PDTFire Weather WatchMTRMonterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz20 hr
Sep 24, 2:54 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR30 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2013Every beach hazards statement in 2013

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.