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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 2, 2014, 3:51 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2014, 3:51 PM PDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WHUS46 KSGX 022251 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 351 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH 8 PM TODAY... .AT 330 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS MOVE WEST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND OVER THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN LIGHTNING ACTIVITY SINCE 300 PM...BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR A LIGHTNING STRIKE AT BEACHES WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS THROUGH 8 PM. CAZ043-030300- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0012.140802T2251Z-140803T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 351 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...345 PM TO 800 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...A LIGHTING STRIKE IS POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. && $$ MOEDE
1 follow-up statement
167 WHUS46 KSGX 030241 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 741 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM... CAZ043-030345- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-140803T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 741 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... SHOWERS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES AND OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...AND THE THREAT FOR LIGHTNING AT THE COAST HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REFORM OVER THE COASTAL AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. $$ MOEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 46 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:47 AM PDT | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | San Diego | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:37 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:17 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 3 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.