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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 8, 2015, 7:27 PM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Oct 9, 2015, 7:43 AM PDT. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2015, 7:27 PM PDT (02:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2015, 7:43 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2015, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 61 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 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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
- 2818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
775 WHUS46 KSGX 090227 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 727 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES... .A SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL OF 3 FEET 18 SECONDS WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES FROM ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE SURF WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS OF 6 TO 7 FEET ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...AND THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY BY SUNDAY AS THE PERIOD OF THE SWELL DECREASES. CAZ043-552-091300- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0020.151010T1200Z-151011T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 727 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SURF... 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 TO 7 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MAXWELL
9 follow-up statements
148 WHUS46 KSGX 090909 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 209 AM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES... .MIXED SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL COMBINE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALONG ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD. THE SWELL AND SURF WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. CAZ043-552-092100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.151010T1200Z-151011T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 209 AM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * SURF... 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 TO 7 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ MM
834 WHUS46 KSGX 091443 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 743 AM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL COMBINE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALONG ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD...ALTHOUGH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. CAZ043-552-100300- /O.EXT.KSGX.BH.S.0020.151009T1443Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 743 AM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO HARRISON
906 WHUS46 KSGX 100302 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 802 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL COMBINE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALONG ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD... ALTHOUGH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. CAZ043-552-101300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 802 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HARRISON/MAXWELL
943 WHUS46 KSGX 101247 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 547 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL COMBINE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALONG ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD... ALTHOUGH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. CAZ043-552-102100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 547 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ JMB HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
116 WHUS46 KSGX 102056 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 156 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL COMBINE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALONG ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD... ALTHOUGH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. CAZ043-552-110500- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 156 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SMALL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
424 WHUS46 KSGX 110445 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 945 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALONG ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR CARLSBAD... ALTHOUGH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. HOT WEATHER WILL RESULT IN HIGH BEACH ATTENDANCE AND WATER ACTIVITIES. CAZ043-552-111245- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 945 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ AOT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
797 WHUS46 KSGX 111246 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 546 AM PDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CAZ043-552-112100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 546 AM PDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO JMB
542 WHUS46 KSGX 112044 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 144 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MIXED LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGER SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CAZ043-552-120400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 144 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET WILL OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SMALL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
785 WHUS46 KSGX 120359 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 859 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2015 CAZ043-552-120500- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151012T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 859 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SOUTHERLY SWELL WHICH HAS BEEN BRINGING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THE NEXT FEW DAYS DUE MOSTLY TO AN INCOMING WESTERLY SWELL WHICH WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY. $$ MAXWELL
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.