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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS San Diego, CA

June 30, 2015San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 30, 2015, 1:06 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2015, 1:06 PM PDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2015, 3:56 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

258 
WHUS46 KSGX 302006
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
106 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...

CAZ043-010000-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0009.150630T2006Z-150701T0000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
106 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM. 

* IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AT THE BEACHES.

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.

&&

$$

HARRISON

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
1 follow-up statement
996 
WHUS46 KSGX 302256
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
356 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...LIGHTNING THREAT ALONG ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES UNTIL 500 PM...
...LIGHTNING HAS ENDED AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...

.THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY
SHORTLY BEFORE 400 PM. LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTHERN
ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES UNTIL AROUND 415 PM...AND NORTHERN ORANGE
COUNTY BEACHES UNTIL BETWEEN 430 PM AND 500 PM.

CAZ043-010000-
/O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150701T0000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
356 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE AREA.

$$

CAZ552-010000-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0010.150630T2256Z-150701T0000Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
356 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH 415 PM ALONG SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES AND
  UNTIL BETWEEN 430 PM AND 500 PM ALONG NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY
  BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AT THE BEACHES.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 12:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego52 min
Jun 30, 1:19 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego41 min
Jun 30, 1:53 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego52 min
Jun 30, 2:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside, San Diego60 min
Jun 30, 2:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside, San Diego59 min
Jun 30, 2:08 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego34 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Diego2 hr
Jun 30, 2:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego37 min
Jun 30, 3:56 PM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange64 min

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.