Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2014
Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 26, 2014, 1:56 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2014, 1:56 AM PST (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2014, 8:37 AM PST
- In force
- 7 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 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WHUS46 KSGX 260956 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 156 AM PST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM... ...BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THE ENHANCED W-NW SWELL WILL LOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ALLOWING SURF IN MOST PLACES TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...NEW NW SWELLS ARRIVING TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WILL CONTINUE ABOVE AVERAGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. CAZ042-043-262200- /O.EXP.KSGX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140126T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0002.140126T1000Z-140127T0800Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 156 AM PST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 7 FEET NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED. MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY. LARGE WAVES MAY POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE STANDING ON JETTIES...ROCKS...OR SEA WALLS NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. * OUTLOOK...SWELL WILL DECREASE TODAY. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO LARGE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...RESULTING IN CONTINUED ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ JJT 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
2 follow-up statements
155 WHUS46 KSGX 261636 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 836 AM PST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .ALTHOUGH THE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL IS SLOWLY LOWERING...SURF REMAINS AT AROUND 5 TO 8 FEET ALONG THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTS THIS MORNING. ALSO...A NEW 7 FOOT LONG-PERIOD SWELL WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...RESULTING IN CONTINUED HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THUS...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED...AND REPLACES THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. CAZ042-043-270100- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.140126T1636Z-140128T1000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 836 AM PST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF...5 TO 7 FEET. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 9 FEET NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE OF 6.3 FEET AT 549 AM MONDAY MORNING...AND LOWEST TIDES OF MINUS 0.2 FEET TODAY AT 1215 PM AND MINUS 0.9 FEET MONDAY AT 101 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE HIGH TIDE TRANSITIONS TO LOW TIDE. MODERATE TO POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY. LARGE WAVES MAY POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE STANDING ON JETTIES...ROCKS...OR SEA WALLS NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ HARRISON
793 WHUS46 KSGX 261637 CCA CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 837 AM PST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .ALTHOUGH THE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL IS SLOWLY LOWERING...SURF REMAINS AT AROUND 5 TO 8 FEET ALONG THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTS THIS MORNING. ALSO...A NEW 7 FOOT LONG-PERIOD SWELL WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...RESULTING IN CONTINUED HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THUS...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED...AND REPLACES THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. CAZ042-043-270115- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0800Z/ /O.COR.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.140126T1637Z-140128T1000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 837 AM PST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF...5 TO 8 FEET. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 9 FEET NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE OF 6.3 FEET AT 549 AM MONDAY MORNING...AND LOWEST TIDES OF MINUS 0.2 FEET TODAY AT 1215 PM AND MINUS 0.9 FEET MONDAY AT 101 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE HIGH TIDE TRANSITIONS TO LOW TIDE. MODERATE TO POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY. LARGE WAVES MAY POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE STANDING ON JETTIES...ROCKS...OR SEA WALLS NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 11:51 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 9 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:36 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 17 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.