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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 30, 2014, 9:23 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2014, 9:23 AM PST (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2014, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 27 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 17:20 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, 5.4 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
- 1418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WHUS46 KSGX 301723 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 923 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...MINOR COASTAL OVERFLOW IN THE MORNINGS THROUGH FRIDAY... .ELEVATED SURF AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ABOVE 7 FEET WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDES WILL LOWER BELOW 7 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ042-043-310600- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0004.140130T1723Z-140131T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 923 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR MINOR COASTAL OVERFLOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...WEST FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY SEAL...SUNSET...CARDIFF AND IMPERIAL BEACHES AND LA JOLLA SHORES. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 6 FEET ON WESTERLY FACING BEACHES TODAY...LOWERING TO 2 TO 4 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 5 FEET ON WESTERLY FACING BEACHES FRIDAY. * TIMING...IN THE MORNINGS THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH...INCLUDING BEACH PARKING LOTS. 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. && $$ JJT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
2 follow-up statements
088 WHUS46 KSGX 310551 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 951 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...MINOR COASTAL OVERFLOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING... .ELEVATED SURF AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ABOVE 7 FEET WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDES WILL LOWER BELOW 7 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ042-043-312000- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140131T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 951 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WEST FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY SEAL...SUNSET... CARDIFF...AND IMPERIAL BEACHES AND LA JOLLA SHORES. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 6 FEET ON WEST FACING BEACHES TODAY...LOWERING TO 2 TO 4 FEET WITH SETS TO 5 FEET ON WEST FACING BEACHES FRIDAY. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH... INCLUDING BEACH PARKING LOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ 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
767 WHUS46 KSGX 311953 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1153 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 CAZ042-043-312100- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140131T2000Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1153 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR BEACHES AS HIGH TIDES FALL BELOW 7 FEET. THEREFORE...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2:03 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 46 hr |
Nearby
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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.