Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 10, 2015, 1:14 PM PST for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 12, 2015, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2015, 1:14 PM PST (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2015, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WHUS46 KMTR 102114 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 114 PM PST TUE FEB 10 2015 ...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE WIND WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES... AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-110515- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0001.150212T1400Z-150215T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 114 PM PST TUE FEB 10 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF RIP CURRENTS... SNEAKER WAVES AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION... COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH...HALFMOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING... BEGINNING 6AM THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. FORERUNNERS ARRIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS... INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ DRP HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
6 follow-up statements
589 WHUS46 KMTR 111318 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 518 AM PST WED FEB 11 2015 ...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE WIND WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES... AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-112300- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0001.150212T1400Z-150215T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 518 AM PST WED FEB 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION... COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH... HALFMOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING... BEGINNING 6AM THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. FORERUNNERS ARRIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS... INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
086 WHUS46 KMTR 112220 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 220 PM PST WED FEB 11 2015 ...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE WIND WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES... AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-121500- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0001.150212T1400Z-150215T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 220 PM PST WED FEB 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION... COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH... HALFMOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING... BEGINNING 6AM THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. FORERUNNERS ARRIVE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS... INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
582 WHUS46 KMTR 121307 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 507 AM PST THU FEB 12 2015 ...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE WIND WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES... AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-122300- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0001.150212T1400Z-150215T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 507 AM PST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION... COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH... HALFMOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING... BEGINNING 6AM THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. FORERUNNERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COASTLINE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS... INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
504 WHUS46 KMTR 122254 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 254 PM PST THU FEB 12 2015 ...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE WIND WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES... AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-131300- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 254 PM PST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH...HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...BEGINNING 6 AM THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
906 WHUS46 KMTR 131134 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 334 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY... .LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE WIND WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES...AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-140000- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 334 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH... HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
176 WHUS46 KMTR 132134 CFWMTR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2015 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-140300- /O.EXT.KMTR.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150214T0300Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 134 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...CARMEL BEACH...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH... HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE BEING PULLED OUT TO SEA BY RIP CURRENTS OR WASHED INTO THE SEA BY SNEAKER WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:13 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | MTR | 19 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015
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.