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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

November 1, 2014Monterey County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 1, 2014, 1:44 AM PDT for Monterey County, California. It took effect at Nov 1, 2014, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2014, 1:44 AM PDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 1, 2014, 2:00 AM PDT
Expired
Nov 2, 2014, 4:00 AM PST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

County Monterey County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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

Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 2014-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 2014-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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.

041 
WHUS46 KMTR 010844
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
144 AM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL ENTERING MONTEREY BAY WILL BRING STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

CAZ530-020000-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0014.141101T0900Z-141102T1200Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
144 AM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

* LOCATION...THE SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY COASTLINE FROM ASILOMAR
  STATE BEACH TO MONTEREY STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
DRP

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
1 follow-up statement
200 
WHUS46 KMTR 012354
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
454 PM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL ENTERING MONTEREY BAY WILL BRING STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

CAZ530-021200-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-141102T1200Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
454 PM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...THE SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY COASTLINE FROM ASILOMAR 
  STATE BEACH TO MONTEREY STATE BEACH. 

* TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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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.