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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 5, 2014, 2:52 AM PDT for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Apr 6, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2014, 2:52 AM PDT (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 15 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 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 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
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
611 WHUS46 KMTR 050952 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 252 AM PDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...LONG PERIOD SWELL TO IMPACT THE REGION ON SUNDAY... .A FAST MOVING LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS ON SUNDAY. THE FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-061000- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0003.140406T1200Z-140407T0300Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 252 AM PDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
2 follow-up statements
609 WHUS46 KMTR 052141 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 241 PM PDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...LONG PERIOD SWELL TO IMPACT THE REGION ON SUNDAY... .A FAST MOVING LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-061000- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0003.140406T1200Z-140407T0300Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 241 PM PDT SAT APR 5 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES SUCH AS OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA BEACH AND MARINA BEACH * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
255 WHUS46 KMTR 061146 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 446 AM PDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...LONG PERIOD SWELL TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... .A FAST MOVING LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. THE FAST MOVING SWELL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-070300- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0003.140406T1200Z-140407T0300Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 446 AM PDT SUN APR 6 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES SUCH AS OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA BEACH AND MARINA BEACH * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY 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. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:33 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 41 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.