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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

November 8, 20146 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 8, 2014, 7:46 PM PST for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Nov 9, 2014, 5:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 2014, 7:46 PM PST (03:46 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2014, 5:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 10, 2014, 2:09 AM PST
In force
9 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 03:45 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 00:00Z, 3.8 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 00:00Z on 2014-11-09Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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.

296 
WHUS46 KMTR 090346
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
746 PM PST SAT NOV 8 2014

...LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING
SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING UNTIL NOON TUESDAY...

CAZ530-091400-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T0100Z-141111T2000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
746 PM PST SAT NOV 8 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PST SUNDAY EVENING
UNTIL NOON PST TUESDAY...


* LOCATION...MONTEREY STATE BEACH AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 5 PM PST SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING UNTIL
  12 NOON PST TUESDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$


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4 follow-up statements
682 
WHUS46 KMTR 091345
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
545 AM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...A SERIES OF LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS
BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE UP COMING WEEK...

CAZ006-505-509-529-092145-
/O.EXB.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T1200Z-141111T2000Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
545 AM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY
  COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING
  BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 5 PM PST SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING 
  UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY. 

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ530-092145-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T0100Z-141111T2000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
545 AM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATION...MONTEREY STATE BEACH AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 5 PM PST SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING 
  UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY. 

* 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.

&&

$$


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825 
WHUS46 KMTR 092121
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
121 PM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...A SERIES OF LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ENTER THE COASTAL
WATERS BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE UP
COMING WEEK...

CAZ530-100600-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T0100Z-141111T2000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
121 PM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATION...MONTEREY STATE BEACH AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 5 PM PST SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING 
  UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY. 

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ006-505-509-529-100600-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T1200Z-141111T2000Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
121 PM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY 
  COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... 
  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH. 

* TIMING...UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$


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347 
WHUS46 KMTR 100436
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
836 PM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...A SERIES OF LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUING THROUGH THE
UP COMING WEEK...

CAZ530-101700-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-141111T2000Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
836 PM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* LOCATION...MONTEREY STATE BEACH AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ006-505-509-529-101700-
/O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T1200Z-141111T2000Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
836 PM PST SUN NOV 9 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY 
  COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... 
  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH. 

* TIMING...UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$


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999 
WHUS46 KMTR 101009
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
209 AM PST MON NOV 10 2014

...A MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL
WATERS REGION THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...

CAZ530-101800-
/O.CAN.KMTR.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-141111T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0016.141111T0500Z-141112T0500Z/
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
209 AM PST MON NOV 10 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

* LOCATION...MONTEREY STATE BEACH AND ASILOMAR STATE BEACH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING UNTIL 12 NOON PST TUESDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ006-505-509-529-101115-
/O.CAN.KMTR.BH.S.0015.141110T1200Z-141111T2000Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
209 AM PST MON NOV 10 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

$$


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Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014

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.