Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2014
Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 10, 2014, 1:52 PM PST for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Nov 11, 2014, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2014, 1:52 PM PST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2014, 3:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2014, 4:02 AM PST
- In force
- 37 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 21:54 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 12:00Z, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450 WHUS46 KMTR 102152 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 152 PM PST MON NOV 10 2014 ...SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STORM IN THE BERING SEA GENERATED A LONG PERIOD SWELL...WHICH WILL ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE FORERUNNER WAVES WILL IMPACT BAY AREA BEACHES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-110615- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0017.141111T2300Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 152 PM PST MON NOV 10 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...FORERUNNER WAVES WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
6 follow-up statements
574 WHUS46 KMTR 110502 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 902 PM PST MON NOV 10 2014 ...SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STORM IN THE BERING SEA GENERATED A LONG PERIOD SWELL...WHICH WILL ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE FORERUNNER WAVES WILL IMPACT BAY AREA BEACHES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-111400- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0017.141111T2300Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 902 PM PST MON NOV 10 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...FORERUNNER WAVES WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
449 WHUS46 KMTR 111221 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 421 AM PST TUE NOV 11 2014 ...SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STORM IN THE BERING SEA GENERATED A LONG PERIOD SWELL...WHICH WILL ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE FORERUNNER WAVES WILL IMPACT BAY AREA BEACHES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-120700- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0017.141111T2300Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 421 AM PST TUE NOV 11 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...FORERUNNER WAVES WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
244 WHUS46 KMTR 120641 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1041 PM PST TUE NOV 11 2014 ...SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STORM IN THE BERING SEA GENERATED A LONG PERIOD SWELL...WHICH WILL ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE FORERUNNER WAVES WILL IMPACT BAY AREA BEACHES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-121400- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1041 PM PST TUE NOV 11 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...FORERUNNER WAVES WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
334 WHUS46 KMTR 121222 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 422 AM PST WED NOV 12 2014 ...SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STORM IN THE BERING SEA GENERATED A LONG PERIOD SWELL WHICH HAS NOW ENTERED THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE FORERUNNER WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT BAY AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-130700- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 422 AM PST WED NOV 12 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...FORERUNNER WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO ARRIVE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
522 WHUS46 KMTR 130658 CFWMTR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1058 PM PST WED NOV 12 2014 ...SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STORM IN THE BERING SEA GENERATED A LONG PERIOD SWELL WHICH HAS NOW ENTERED THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE FORERUNNER WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT BAY AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-131500- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1058 PM PST WED NOV 12 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...FORERUNNER WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO ARRIVE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$
490 WHUS46 KMTR 131202 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 402 AM PST THU NOV 13 2014 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-131315- /O.CAN.KMTR.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-141114T0000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 402 AM PST THU NOV 13 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS ARE DECREASING AND WILL FURTHER SUBSIDE THROUGH TODAY AS A RESULT OF SHORTER WAVE PERIODS AND WEAKENED FORERUNNER WAVES. REMAIN VIGILANT OF WAVE BEHAVIOR IF VISITING WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES TODAY...INCLUDING OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH... AND MARINE STATE BEACH. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2:09 AM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | MTR | Monterey | 8 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:29 AM PST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MTR | 3 hr |
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.