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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2015, 12:39 AM PDT for Orange County, California. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2015, 12:39 AM PDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County Orange County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 WHUS46 KSGX 080739 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1239 AM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY TODAY... ..A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY. CAZ552-080845- /O.CAN.KSGX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150909T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0016.150908T0739Z-150909T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1239 AM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR THE BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET. SETS TO 8 FEET AT THE WEDGE. * HAZARDS...LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING TODAY. * TIDES...HIGH TIDE OF 4.3 FEET AT 8 AM. LOW TIDE OF 2.1 FEET AT 1 PM. HIGH TIDE OF 5.5 FEET AT 7 PM. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ CAZ043-080845- /O.CAN.KSGX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150909T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1239 AM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. $$ MM
2 follow-up statements
800 WHUS46 KSGX 080902 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 202 AM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAINLY IN ORANGE COUNTY TODAY... ..A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY MAINLY TO ORANGE COUNTY. SURF WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE DAY. CAZ552-082100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-150909T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 202 AM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET BECOMING 3 TO 5 FEET. SETS TO 8 FEET AT THE WEDGE. * HAZARDS...LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIDES...HIGH TIDE OF 4.3 FEET AT 8 AM. LOW TIDE OF 2.1 FEET AT 1 PM. HIGH TIDE OF 5.5 FEET AT 7 PM. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ MM
619 WHUS46 KSGX 090238 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 738 PM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM... CAZ552-090345- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-150909T0300Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 738 PM PDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... .THE LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A NEW SOUTH-SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE LINDA WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF PRIMARILY TO ORANGE COUNTY...AND BYPASS MOST OF SAN DIEGO. $$ MOEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 71 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:31 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 2:29 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:49 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 2:59 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 4:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.