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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS San Diego, CA

July 13, 2013

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 13, 2013, 1:58 AM PDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2013, 1:58 AM PDT (08:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

The text

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

562 
WHUS46 KSGX 130858
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
158 AM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...SOME ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY ALONG THE ORANGE COUNTY COAST...

.A COUPLE OF LONG-PERIOD SOUTH SWELLS WILL BRING SURF OF 3 TO 5
FEET TO ORANGE COUNTY WITH LOCAL INFREQUENT SETS AROUND 6 OR 7
FEET...MAINLY NEAR THE WEDGE. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS. SURF WILL BE MUCH LOWER IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY...MOSTLY 1 TO 3 FEET.

CAZ042-132100-
/O.CAN.KSGX.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130714T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0003.130713T0858Z-130714T2100Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
158 AM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ORANGE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH LOCAL INFREQUENT SETS
  TO 7 FEET BETWEEN DANA POINT AND HUNTINGTON BEACH. SURF WILL
  LOWER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...SURFERS AND SWIMMERS WILL ENCOUNTER STRONGER THAN
  NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG
RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING
SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE
CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A
LIFEGUARD.

&&

$$

CAZ043-131000-
/O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130714T2100Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
158 AM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

MOST SURF WILL BE 1 TO 3 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...WITH LOCAL
SETS AROUND 4 FEET NORTH OF CARLSBAD.

$$

TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS


MAXWELL
4 follow-up statements
429 
WHUS46 KSGX 132049
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
149 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...SOME ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY ALONG THE ORANGE COUNTY COAST...

.A COUPLE OF LONG-PERIOD SOUTH SWELLS WILL BRING SURF OF 3 TO
5 FEET TO ORANGE COUNTY WITH LOCAL INFREQUENT SETS OF 6 TO 7
FEET...MAINLY NEAR THE WEDGE. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS. SURF WILL BE MUCH LOWER IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY...MOSTLY 1 TO 3 FEET.

CAZ042-140500-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130714T2100Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
149 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH LOCAL INFREQUENT SETS 
  TO 7 FEET BETWEEN DANA POINT AND HUNTINGTON BEACH. SURF WILL 
  LOWER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...SURFERS AND SWIMMERS WILL ENCOUNTER STRONGER THAN 
  NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG
RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING
SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE
CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A
LIFEGUARD.

&&

$$

TS

TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: 

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
896 
WHUS46 KSGX 140423
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
923 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.A FEW LONG-PERIOD SOUTH SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE 3 TO 5 FOOT SURF
ALONG ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET MAINLY
NEAR THE WEDGE. STRONG RIP AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL MAKE
SWIMMING DANGEROUS IN SOME LOCATIONS. SURF WILL BEGIN TO LOWER
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ042-141200-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130714T2100Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
923 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET BETWEEN DANA
  POINT AND HUNTINGTON BEACH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...SURFERS AND SWIMMERS WILL ENCOUNTER STRONGER THAN 
  NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG
RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING
SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE
CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A
LIFEGUARD.

&&

$$

JJT

TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: 

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
521 
WHUS46 KSGX 141144
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
444 AM PDT SUN JUL 14 2013

...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY...

.THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TODAY ALONG THE ORANGE COUNTY
BEACHES...WITH MOSTLY 2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET.
STRONG RIP AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SWIMMING
DANGEROUS IN SOME LOCATIONS. SURF WILL LOWER FURTHER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY.

CAZ042-142100-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130714T2100Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
444 AM PDT SUN JUL 14 2013

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

* SURF...2 TO 4 FEET...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET BETWEEN DANA
  POINT AND HUNTINGTON BEACH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM TODAY.

* IMPACTS...SURFERS AND SWIMMERS WILL ENCOUNTER STRONGER THAN 
  NORMAL RIP CURRENTS AND ALONG-SHORE CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG
RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING
SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE
CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A
LIFEGUARD.

&&

$$

TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: 

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS


MAXWELL
589 
WHUS46 KSGX 142054
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
154 PM PDT SUN JUL 14 2013

CAZ042-142200-
/O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130714T2100Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
154 PM PDT SUN JUL 14 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS
EVENING.

$$

TS

TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: 

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

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