Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2013
Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2013, 8:33 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jul 29, 2013, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2013, 8:33 PM PDT (03:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2013, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2013, 1:27 AM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WHUS46 KSGX 290333 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 833 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL GENERATE ABOVE AVERAGE 4 TO 6 FOOT SURF ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...AND ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL PEAK WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. CAZ042-043-291200- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0005.130730T1600Z-130802T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 833 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ABOVE AVERAGE SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF FROM 4 TO 6 FEET ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCAL SETS WILL REACH 7 FEET AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS OF ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...THE BUILDING SWELL TUESDAY WILL BRING ABOVE AVERAGE SURF TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ MOEDE TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
4 follow-up statements
870 WHUS46 KSGX 290827 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 127 AM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE COAST TONIGHT AND BUILD TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL GENERATE ABOVE NORMAL SURF UP TO 7 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. VERY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY. THE SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. CAZ042-043-291630- /O.EXT.KSGX.BH.S.0005.130730T0600Z-130802T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 127 AM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF FROM 4 TO 7 FEET ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS OF ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY NORTH OF CARLSBAD. * TIMING...11 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
718 WHUS46 KSGX 291558 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 858 AM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE COAST TONIGHT AND BUILD TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL GENERATE ABOVE NORMAL SURF ON SOUTHERLY FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. VERY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THE SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. CAZ042-043-300100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0005.130730T0600Z-130802T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 858 AM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FEET. * LOCATIONS OF ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SOUTHERLY FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF CARLSBAD. * TIMING...11 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ JJT TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
456 WHUS46 KSGX 300115 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 615 PM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE COAST TONIGHT AND BUILD TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL GENERATE ABOVE NORMAL SURF ON SOUTHERLY FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. VERY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THE SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. CAZ042-043-301300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0005.130730T0600Z-130802T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 615 PM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FEET. * LOCATIONS OF ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF CARLSBAD. * TIMING...11 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS TO COMMENT ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
604 WHUS46 KSGX 300827 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 127 AM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY ISSUED FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES... .BUOY OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM THAT A LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL FROM 200 DEGREES HAS ARRIVED. THE TREND IN HEIGHT RISES AT THE BUOYS ALSO SUPPORTS THE WAM 3 MODEL PREDICTION OF THE SWELL REACHING 4 FT AT 18 SECOND PERIODS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF SWELL AND PERIOD HITTING SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES WILL EASILY PRODUCE WAVES OVER 7 FEET. THE BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEN UPGRADED TO A SURF ADVISORY FROM OCEANSIDE NORTHWARD TO HUNTINGTON BEACH. CAZ042-043-301630- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130802T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0009.130730T0900Z-130731T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0006.130731T2100Z-130802T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 127 AM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FROM OCEANSIDE NORTHWARD TO HUNTINGTON BEACH... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR SURF HEIGHTS CONTINUING ABOVE NORMAL ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CONTINUING ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * SURF...5 TO 8 FEET...WITH INFREQUENT SETS OVER 8 FEET. * LOCATION...SOUTH FACING BEACHES BETWEEN HUNTINGTON BEACH AND OCEANSIDE...AND BETWEEN POINT LOMA AND IMPERIAL BEACH IN SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...UPGRADED BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT TO HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * TIMING...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 2 PM WEDNESDAY FOR HIGH SURF...AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY. * HIGH TIDES AT NEWPORT BAY ENTRANCE...521 AM THIS MORNING NEAR 3 FEET. NEXT HIGH TIDE AT 450 PM THIS AFTERNOON AT 5 FEET. * HIGH TIDES AT POINT LOMA...500 AM THIS MORNING NEAR 3 FEET. NEXT HIGH TIDE AT 435 PM THIS AFTERNOON JUST UNDER 5 FEET. * LOW TIDES AT NEWPORT BAY ENTRANCE...955 AM THIS MORNING AT 2.3 FEET. ANOTHER LOW TIDE NEAR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT NEAR 1 FOOT. * LOW TIDES AT POINT LOMA...951 AM THIS MORNING AT 2.2 FEET. ANOTHER LOW TIDE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT NEAR 1 FOOT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. THE LARGE SET WAVES WILL BE INFREQUENT BUT WASH WELL UP THE BEACH AND OVER MOST JETTIES. ENTRANCES TO BAYS AND MARINAS MAY HAVE BREAKING WAVES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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 BALFOUR
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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.