Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at May 23, 2015, 2:11 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 24, 2015, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2015, 2:11 AM PDT (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2015, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 36 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 09:12 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, 9.2 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108 WHUS46 KSGX 230911 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 211 AM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...STRENGTHENING RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .SOUTH SWELLS OF 3 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 16 TO 18 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. CAZ043-552-231800- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0008.150524T1500Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 211 AM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON SOUTH-FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 6 FEET AT FAVORED LOCATIONS. LOWER SURF ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...SWELL AND SURF INCREASING SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
7 follow-up statements
679 WHUS46 KSGX 231912 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1212 PM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...STRENGTHENING RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .SOUTH SWELLS OF 3 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 16 TO 18 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. CAZ043-552-240500- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.150524T1500Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1212 PM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON SOUTH-FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 6 FEET AT FAVORED LOCATIONS. LOWER SURF ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...SWELL AND SURF INCREASING SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ JT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
228 WHUS46 KSGX 240254 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 754 PM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...STRENGTHENING RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .SOUTH SWELLS OF 3 FEET AND PERIODS OF 16 TO 18 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. CAZ043-552-241300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.150524T1500Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 754 PM PDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * SURF...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON SOUTH-FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 6 FEET AT FAVORED LOCATIONS. LOWER SURF ALONG WEST- FACING BEACHES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...SURF INCREASING SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
210 WHUS46 KSGX 241412 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 712 AM PDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...STRENGTHENING RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TODAY AND MONDAY... .SOUTH SWELLS OF 3 FEET AND PERIODS OF 16 TO 18 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. CAZ043-552-242215- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.150524T1500Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 712 AM PDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * SURF...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON SOUTH-FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 6 FEET AT FAVORED LOCATIONS. LOWER SURF ALONG WEST- FACING BEACHES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...SURF INCREASING SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SMITH 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
765 WHUS46 KSGX 242040 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 140 PM PDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...STRENGTHENING RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TODAY AND MONDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BUILD TODAY AND PEAK ON MONDAY. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. CAZ043-552-250900- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 140 PM PDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * SURF...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON SOUTH-FACING BEACHES...WITH SETS TO 6 FEET IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF ENCINITAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOWER SURF ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...SURF INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...PEAKING MONDAY MORNING AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$ HARRISON HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
165 WHUS46 KSGX 250803 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 103 AM PDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TODAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON TUESDAY. CAZ043-552-252215- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 103 AM PDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF ENCINITAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. SURF WILL BE LOWER ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES AND ALL BEACHES SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. * TIMING...PEAKING THIS MORNING AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ ALBRIGHT
462 WHUS46 KSGX 252022 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 122 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TODAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON TUESDAY AS THE SWELL LOWERS. CAZ043-552-260300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 122 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH SETS TO 5 FEET ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTH OF ENCINITAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 2 TO 3 FOOT SURF ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE MAY BE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET AND INJURED OR PULLED OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$ HARRISON HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
475 WHUS46 KSGX 260300 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 800 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015 CAZ043-552-260400- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150526T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 800 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL THAT BROUGHT STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES TODAY...WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE OVERNIGHT. AS SUCH...THE BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ ALBIRGHT
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.