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Beach Hazards Statement 28, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 16, 2014, 1:36 PM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2014, 1:36 PM PST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2014, 8:13 AM PST
- In force
- 19 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 21:39 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, 9.6 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 WHUS46 KSGX 162136 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 136 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... ...LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LARGE...LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST SURF OCCURRING TODAY. THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE SWELL LOWERS. ALSO...COLD FRONTS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. CLOUD TO GROUND AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BEACH GOERS AND SURFERS. CAZ042-043-170600- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0028.141216T2136Z-141217T2000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 136 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POSSIBLE LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES HAS BEEN ISSUED. * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET WITH SETS TO 10 FEET TODAY... LOWERING TO 5 TO 7 FEET WITH SETS TO 8 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING. SURF WILL LOWER BELOW 7 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG EXPOSED WEST-FACING BEACHES... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AT TIMES. * LIGHTNING...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE BEACHES AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A DANGER TO BEACH GOERS AND SURFERS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MAY STILL EXIST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT CHANCES FOR LIGHTNING ARE NOT AS GREAT AT THAT TIME. 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. 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
528 WHUS46 KSGX 170535 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 935 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... ...LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LARGE...LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY AS THE SWELL LOWERS. ALSO...COLD FRONTS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. CLOUD- TO-GROUND AND CLOUD-TO-WATER LIGHTNING WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BEACH GOERS AND SURFERS. CAZ042-043-171400- /O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 935 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 7 FEET WITH SETS TO 8 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING. SURF WILL LOWER BELOW 7 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG EXPOSED WEST-FACING BEACHES... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AT TIMES. * LIGHTNING...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE BEACHES AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A DANGER TO BEACH GOERS AND SURFERS. 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. 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. && $$ MAXWELL
644 WHUS46 KSGX 170926 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 126 AM PST WED DEC 17 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH NOON TODAY... ...LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES THIS MORNING... .A LARGE...LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY AS THE SWELL LOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES THIS MORNING. CLOUD-TO-GROUND AND CLOUD-TO-WATER LIGHTNING WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BEACH GOERS AND SURFERS. CAZ042-043-172000- /O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 126 AM PST WED DEC 17 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING. THE HIGHER SURF WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG EXPOSED WEST-FACING BEACHES... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AT TIMES. * LIGHTNING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BEACHES THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN A DANGER TO BEACH GOERS AND SURFERS. 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. 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. && $$ MM
188 WHUS46 KSGX 171613 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 813 AM PST WED DEC 17 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH NOON TODAY... .A LARGE...LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY AS THE SWELL LOWERS. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INLAND. CAZ042-043-172000- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141217T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 813 AM PST WED DEC 17 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING. THE HIGHER SURF WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG EXPOSED WEST-FACING BEACHES... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 27 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:22 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 113 min |
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.