Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Issued

Oct 3, 2014, 8:48 PM PDT (03:48 UTC)

Expired

Oct 4, 2014, 3:00 AM PDT

In force

6 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 San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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690 
WHUS46 KMTR 040348
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
848 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2014

...INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

A MODERATE SIZED LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL PRODUCE STRONG
RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT.


CAZ006-505-509-529-530-041000-
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0009.141004T0348Z-141004T1000Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
848 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* LOCATION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN MARIN AND SANTA
  CRUZ COUNTIES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...STINSON
  BEACH...SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK BEACH....AND TWIN LAKES BEACH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT

* IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR RIP
CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED
RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE
FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND
PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO
THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR
SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.

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

893 
WHUS46 KMTR 040938
CFWMTR

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
238 AM PDT SAT OCT 4 2014

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-041045-
/O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-141004T1000Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
238 AM PDT SAT OCT 4 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

SOUTHERLY SWELL CONTINUES TO DECREASE THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED
TO FALL BELOW CRITERIA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AT AREA
BEACHES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN.

$$

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO

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

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.