Alert archive / California / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this rip current statement at Feb 2, 2013, 2:55 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 2, 2013, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2013, 2:55 AM PST (10:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2013, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2013, 7:00 AM PST
- In force
- 33 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 10:58 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, 10.9 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
- 3458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134 WHUS46 KSGX 021055 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 255 AM PST SAT FEB 2 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC WILL ARRIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. CAZ042-043-022230- /O.NEW.KSGX.RP.S.0001.130203T0600Z-130204T1500Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 255 AM PST SAT FEB 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 4 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS...INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
5 follow-up statements
683 WHUS46 KSGX 022144 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 144 PM PST SAT FEB 2 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC WILL ARRIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. CAZ042-043-030500- /O.CON.KSGX.RP.S.0001.130203T0600Z-130204T1500Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 144 PM PST SAT FEB 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SURF...2 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 4 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS... INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
571 WHUS46 KSGX 030429 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 829 PM PST SAT FEB 2 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG-PERIOD SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. LOCAL HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. CAZ042-043-031230- /O.CON.KSGX.RP.S.0001.130203T0600Z-130204T1500Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 829 PM PST SAT FEB 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SURF...2 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 4 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS... INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT. * OUTLOOK...SURF AND SWELL DECREASING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SHORTER PERIOD...LARGE WIND SWELL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY NEXT FRIDAY. THE ELEVATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AND MAY RESULT IN TIDAL OVERFLOW AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
942 WHUS46 KSGX 031013 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 213 AM PST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. LOCAL HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. CAZ042-043-032215- /O.CON.KSGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130204T1500Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 213 AM PST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 4 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS... INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT. * OUTLOOK...SURF AND SWELL DECREASING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SHORTER PERIOD...LARGE WIND SWELL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY NEXT FRIDAY. THE ELEVATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AND MAY RESULT IN TIDAL OVERFLOW AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
871 WHUS46 KSGX 032134 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 134 PM PST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC...IS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. THIS IS RESULTING IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. LOCAL HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. CAZ042-043-040500- /O.CON.KSGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130204T1500Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 134 PM PST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS... INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT. * OUTLOOK...SURF AND SWELL DECREASING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SHORTER PERIOD...LARGE WIND SWELL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY NEXT FRIDAY. THE ELEVATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AND MAY RESULT IN TIDAL OVERFLOW AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
459 WHUS46 KSGX 040553 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 953 PM PST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC...IS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS. THIS IS RESULTING IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. LOCAL HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. CAZ042-043-041400- /O.CON.KSGX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130204T1500Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 953 PM PST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS... INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT. * OUTLOOK...SURF AND SWELL DECREASING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SHORTER PERIOD...LARGE WIND SWELL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY NEXT FRIDAY. THE ELEVATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AND MAY RESULT IN TIDAL OVERFLOW AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in California, 2013Every rip current 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.