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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 11, 2014, 12:30 PM PDT for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2014, 12:30 PM PDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2014, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 13 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 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 2126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WHUS46 KMTR 111930 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1230 PM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 A LARGE FAST MOVING NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ENTER THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BUILD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS LARGE FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-120900- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0002.140312T1500Z-140313T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1230 PM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
4 follow-up statements
816 WHUS46 KMTR 120357 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 857 PM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 A LARGE FAST MOVING NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ENTER THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BUILD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS LARGE FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-121200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0002.140312T1500Z-140313T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 857 PM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
140 WHUS46 KMTR 121137 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 437 AM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 A LARGE FAST MOVING NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ENTER THE REGION THIS MORNING AND BUILD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS LARGE FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-122200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0002.140312T1500Z-140313T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 437 AM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
414 WHUS46 KMTR 122137 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 237 PM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 A FAST MOVING LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THIS EVENING. THIS POWERFUL FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-130400- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140313T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 237 PM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
777 WHUS46 KMTR 130334 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 834 PM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-130445- /O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140313T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 834 PM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... LONG PERIOD WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY SO THE BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:37 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 2 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
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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.