Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2014
Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 20, 2014, 6:11 AM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2014, 6:11 AM PDT (13:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2014, 12:18 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 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 13:10 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, 1.2 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
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WHUS46 KSGX 201311 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 611 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 CAZ043-201800- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0016.140820T1311Z-140820T1800Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 611 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WEATHER...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST 11 AM THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...FROM ENCINITAS TO SAN ONOFRE...THROUGH 11 AM. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO FORM OVER SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES AT TIMES. * TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST 11 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN COAST DURING A THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND OR CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. && $$ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS HARRISON
3 follow-up statements
473 WHUS46 KSGX 201427 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 727 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 CAZ043-201800- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-140820T1800Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 727 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH OVER CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS OF 730 AM. THREAT OF LIGHTNING HAS INCREASED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...BUT DIMINISHED A LITTLE OVER AREAS NORTH OF OCEANSIDE. * WEATHER...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST 11 AM THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES AS WELL. * TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST 11 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN COAST DURING A THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND OR CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. && $$ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS HARRISON
918 WHUS46 KSGX 201752 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1052 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 CAZ043-202100- /O.EXT.KSGX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-140820T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1052 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED FOR THE MOST PART...ALTHOUGH SOME NEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE DEVELOPING OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND MAY IMPACT THE SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES. THUS...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 2 PM. * WEATHER...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES AS WELL. * TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN COAST DURING A THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND OR CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. && $$ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS HARRISON
877 WHUS46 KSGX 201918 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1218 PM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 CAZ043-202030- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-140820T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1218 PM PDT WED AUG 20 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE COAST...AND SO LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR NOW. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY RE-DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AT SOME POINT LATER TODAY INTO TOMORROW MORNING. $$ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1:43 AM PDT | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 62 min | |
| Aug 20, 3:26 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:09 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | 51 min | |
| Aug 20, 6:24 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:47 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | 58 min | |
| Aug 20, 7:00 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:11 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | 64 min | |
| Aug 20, 8:31 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 2:02 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 5 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.