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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 16, 2014, 6:42 AM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2014, 6:42 AM PDT (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 61 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 13:46 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, 1.7 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239 WHUS46 KSGX 161342 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 642 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL PRODUCED BY A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE STORM WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF...AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. CAZ042-043-170145- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0021.140916T1342Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 642 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. * RIP CURRENTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS 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. && $$ 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
6 follow-up statements
030 WHUS46 KSGX 170018 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 518 PM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL PRODUCED BY A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE STORM WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF...AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. CAZ042-043-170830- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 518 PM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LIGHTNING...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST OVER THE BEACHES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST AFTER 6 PM. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. * RIP CURRENTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS 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. && $$ 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
597 WHUS46 KSGX 170234 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 734 PM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL PRODUCED BY A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE STORM WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF...AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. CAZ042-043-171100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 734 PM PDT TUE SEP 16 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LIGHTNING...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING HAS ENDED. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. * RIP CURRENTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS 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. && $$ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
186 WHUS46 KSGX 171147 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 447 AM PDT WED SEP 17 2014 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF...AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. CAZ042-043-180000- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 447 AM PDT WED SEP 17 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL HIGHER SETS ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. * RIP CURRENTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS 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
910 WHUS46 KSGX 180003 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 503 PM PDT WED SEP 17 2014 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF... AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FRIDAY. CAZ042-043-181200- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 503 PM PDT WED SEP 17 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL HIGHER SETS ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. * RIP CURRENTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS 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. && $$ MAXWELL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
490 WHUS46 KSGX 181146 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 446 AM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FRIDAY. CAZ042-043-190300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 446 AM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL HIGHER SETS ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. * RIP CURRENTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS 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
183 WHUS46 KSGX 190257 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 757 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 CAZ042-043-190400- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-140919T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 757 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SURF ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY TO 3 TO 5 FEET...AND 2 TO 4 FEET ELSEWHERE. $$ MAXWELL 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 1:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside | 51 min |
| Sep 16, 2:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 61 min |
| Sep 16, 3:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 91 min |
| Sep 16, 4:34 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 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.