Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2015, 2:57 PM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2015, 2:57 PM PDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 53 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 22:00 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, 10.0 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
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WHUS46 KSGX 282157 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 257 PM PDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF. THE SWELL WILL PEAK TODAY...LOWER SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY...AND LOWER FURTHER ON THURSDAY. CAZ043-552-291000- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0013.150728T2157Z-150730T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 257 PM PDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL 8 FOOT SETS...LOWERING TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET...LOWERING TO 2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIMMERS IN SHALLOW WATER MAY UNEXPECTEDLY GET PULLED OUT BY THE RIP CURRENTS OR THE LARGER BREAKING WAVES. 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. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO HARRISON
6 follow-up statements
691 WHUS46 KSGX 290958 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 258 AM PDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...DECREASING THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ043-552-291800- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150730T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 258 AM PDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET. SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET. * LOCATIONS...EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIMMERS IN SHALLOW WATER MAY UNEXPECTEDLY GET PULLED OUT BY THE RIP CURRENTS OR THE LARGER BREAKING WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ JT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
060 WHUS46 KSGX 291849 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1149 AM PDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF... DECREASING THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ043-552-300600- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150730T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1149 AM PDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET. SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET. * LOCATIONS...EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIMMERS IN SHALLOW WATER MAY UNEXPECTEDLY GET PULLED OUT BY THE RIP CURRENTS OR THE LARGER BREAKING WAVES. 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. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ ALBRIGHT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
502 WHUS46 KSGX 300412 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 912 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH/WATER LIGHTING. A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ043-552-301615- /O.EXT.KSGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150731T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 912 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LIGHTNING...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH/WATER LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET. SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...3 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIMMERS IN SHALLOW WATER MAY UNEXPECTEDLY GET PULLED OUT BY THE RIP CURRENTS OR THE LARGER BREAKING WAVES. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH AND WATER LIGHTNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ PIERCE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
041 WHUS46 KSGX 301609 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 909 AM PDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM INLAND AND DRIFT OUT TOWARD THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING SO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH/WATER LIGHTING REMAINS A RISK. A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ043-552-310000- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150731T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 909 AM PDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * LIGHTNING...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH/WATER LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING IF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFT OUT TOWARD THE COAST. * WAVES AND SURF...ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET. SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...3 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS STILL LIKELY EVERYWHERE. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIMMERS IN SHALLOW WATER MAY UNEXPECTEDLY GET PULLED OUT BY THE RIP CURRENTS OR THE LARGER BREAKING WAVES. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH AND WATER LIGHTNING. 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. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
298 WHUS46 KSGX 302352 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 452 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM... .THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM INLAND AND DRIFT OUT TOWARD THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING SO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH/WATER LIGHTING REMAINS A RISK. A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ043-552-310300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150731T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 452 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * LIGHTNING...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH/WATER LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING IF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFT OUT TOWARD THE COAST. * WAVES AND SURF...ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET. SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...3 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS STILL LIKELY EVERYWHERE. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIMMERS IN SHALLOW WATER MAY UNEXPECTEDLY GET PULLED OUT BY THE RIP CURRENTS OR THE LARGER BREAKING WAVES. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO BEACH AND WATER LIGHTNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ PIERCE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
589 WHUS46 KSGX 310301 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 801 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015 CAZ043-552-310415- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150731T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 801 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... SWELL AND SURF WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST HAS ALSO ENDED. THEREFORE...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.