Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 11, 2015, 9:43 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2015, 9:43 AM PDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2015, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Orange County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WHUS46 KSGX 111643 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 943 AM PDT SAT JUL 11 2015 ...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-120030- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0011.150711T1643Z-150713T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 943 AM PDT SAT JUL 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOCAL SETS TO NEAR 6 FEET. SURF WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES AND ALL BEACHES SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$ SMALL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
4 follow-up statements
798 WHUS46 KSGX 120120 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 620 PM PDT SAT JUL 11 2015 ...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-121300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150713T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 620 PM PDT SAT JUL 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOCAL SETS TO NEAR 6 FEET. SURF WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES AND ALL BEACHES SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$
724 WHUS46 KSGX 121210 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 510 AM PDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT. CAZ043-552-122100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150713T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 510 AM PDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET. SURF LOWERING TO 2 TO 4 FEET MONDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
056 WHUS46 KSGX 122002 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 102 PM PDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT. CAZ043-552-130400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150713T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 102 PM PDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. SURF LOWERING TO 2 TO 4 FEET MONDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. IF SWIMMING PARALLEL TO SHORE DOES NOT WORK...THEN THE SWIMMER SHOULD FLOAT...WAVE AND YELL FOR HELP. SWIMMERS SHOULD TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO HARRISON
640 WHUS46 KSGX 130414 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 914 PM PDT SUN JUL 12 2015 CAZ043-552-130515- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150713T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 914 PM PDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... THE SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND RESULT IN LOWER SURF AND LESS STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES. $$ MAXWELL
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.