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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 9, 2015, 2:11 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Dec 11, 2015, 2:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2015, 2:11 AM PST (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2015, 2:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2015, 1:37 AM PST
- In force
- 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 10:10 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, 10.2 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
- 4052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WHUS46 KSGX 091011 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 211 AM PST WED DEC 9 2015 ...HIGH SURF FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH TIDES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LARGE SWELL TO THREATEN COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. THE SWELL AND SURF WILL SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY. CAZ043-552-092200- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0021.151211T1000Z-151213T2200Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 211 AM PST WED DEC 9 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT AS AN OUTLOOK FOR HIGH SURF. * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS OF 10 TO 12 FEET. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...AND PEAK SURF IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIDES...HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND BIG SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY BREAK OVER JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY DURING THE HIGH TIDES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. 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. STAY TUNED TO UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS THE HIGH SURF DEVELOPS. && $$ MM
3 follow-up statements
841 WHUS46 KSGX 092131 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 131 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015 ...HIGH SURF FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH TIDES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LARGE SWELL TO THREATEN COASTAL AREAS WITH COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. THE SWELL AND SURF WILL SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY. CAZ043-552-100545- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.151211T1000Z-151213T2200Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 131 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 8 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS OF 10 TO 12 FEET. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...AND PEAK SURF IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIDES...HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND BIG SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY BREAK OVER JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY DURING THE HIGH TIDES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. STAY TUNED TO UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS THE HIGH SURF DEVELOPS. && $$ SMALL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
678 WHUS46 KSGX 100539 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 939 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015 ...HIGH SURF FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE ALONG SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SWELL WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH TIDES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LARGE SURF TO THREATEN COASTAL AREAS WITH COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. THE SWELL AND SURF WILL SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY. CAZ043-552-101400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0021.151211T1000Z-151213T2200Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 939 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * SURF...5 TO 8 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS OF 10 TO 12 FEET. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...AND PEAK SURF IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIDES...HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND BIG SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY BREAK OVER JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY DURING THE HIGH TIDES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. 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. STAY TUNED TO UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS THE HIGH SURF DEVELOPS. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
719 WHUS46 KSGX 100937 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 137 AM PST THU DEC 10 2015 ...HIGH SURF AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO END THE WEEK... .A LARGE NW SWELL ARRIVING LATE TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL CREATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...MAINLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF OCEANSIDE. 10 TO 12 FOOT SURF IS POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIOD. HIGH SURF WILL CREATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. BREEZY WEST WINDS...HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET...AND HIGH SURF WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MORNINGS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IN LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH. CONDITIONS WILL TEMPORARILY IMPROVE SUNDAY BEFORE ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY. CAZ043-552-101800- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0021.151211T1000Z-151213T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0008.151211T0000Z-151214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.CF.Y.0003.151211T1100Z-151213T2000Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 137 AM PST THU DEC 10 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO NOON PST SUNDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO NOON PST SUNDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * COASTAL FLOODING...LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ESPECIALLY IN IMPERIAL BEACH...SOUTH MISSION BEACH...LA JOLLA SHORES...CARDIFF AND OCEANSIDE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NEWPORT BEACH...SEAL BEACH AND SUNSET BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY. * SURF...5 TO 9 FEET...WITH SETS OF 10 TO 12 FEET NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF OCEANSIDE. 3 TO 5 FEET ELSEWHERE. SURF WILL PEAK FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES. * TIDES...HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNINGS. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. WAVES MAY BREAK OVER JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNINGS NEAR LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2:02 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 24 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.