Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2014
Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 27, 2014, 2:02 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2014, 2:02 AM PST (10:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2014, 2:00 AM PST
- In force
- 24 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 10:03 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, 10.0 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
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
778 WHUS46 KSGX 271002 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 202 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .BIG SWELLS FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. SWELL AND SURF WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. CAZ042-043-272130- /O.CAN.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0003.140127T1002Z-140128T1000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 202 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... 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 LATE TONIGHT. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF CARDIFF. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. * OUTLOOK...SWELL AND SURF WILL DECREASE TUESDAY...BUT ANOTHER RISE IN SWELL AND SURF IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MM
3 follow-up statements
033 WHUS46 KSGX 272128 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 128 PM PST MON JAN 27 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A MODERATE LONG-PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS OCCURRING ALONG THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. CAZ042-043-280600- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 128 PM PST MON JAN 27 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF CARDIFF IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. * OUTLOOK...SWELL AND SURF WILL LOWER A BIT TUESDAY...BUT ANOTHER RISE IN SWELL AND SURF IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL MOVES IN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ 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
894 WHUS46 KSGX 280552 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 952 PM PST MON JAN 27 2014 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A MODERATE LONG-PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS OCCURRING ALONG THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. CAZ042-043-281000- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 952 PM PST MON JAN 27 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF CARDIFF IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. * OUTLOOK...SWELL AND SURF WILL LOWER A BIT TUESDAY...BUT ANOTHER RISE IN SWELL AND SURF IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL MOVES IN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
578 WHUS46 KSGX 280935 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 135 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT TO EXPIRE... CAZ042-043-281045- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 135 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... SWELL AND SURF WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER INCREASE IN SWELL AND SURF IS EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY. $$ MM
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.