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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 2, 2015, 7:40 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2015, 7:40 AM PST (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2015, 4:26 PM PST
- In force
- 9 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 15:43 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, 3.7 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610 WHUS46 KSGX 021540 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 740 AM PST MON MAR 2 2015 ...ISOLATED LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES TODAY... .ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR TODAY...INCLUDING POSSIBLY AT THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES AT TIMES...RESULTING IN AN ENHANCED DANGER TO BEACH-GOERS. CAZ043-552-030100- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0004.150302T1540Z-150303T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 740 AM PST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...ANY CLOUD-TO-GROUND AND CLOUD-TO-WATER LIGHTNING THAT OCCURS CAN RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH TO BEACH GOERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND OR CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. && $$ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS HARRISON
1 follow-up statement
928 WHUS46 KSGX 030026 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 426 PM PST MON MAR 2 2015 CAZ043-552-030130- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150303T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 426 PM PST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED NEAR THE COAST AND NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. FOR THIS REASON...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE COAST AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. $$ SS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:58 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 47 min | |
| Mar 2, 4:29 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:28 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 11:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside | 2 hr |
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.