Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Issued

Nov 6, 2016, 8:59 AM PST (16:59 UTC)

Expired

Nov 6, 2016, 2:00 PM PST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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292 
WHUS46 KMTR 061659
CFWMTR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
859 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2016

...LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COASTLINE THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON...

.LARGE SWELL MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL COASTAL WATERS HAS LIKELY
PEAKED EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SWELL SLOWLY
SUBSIDES. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-062200-
/O.EXP.KMTR.SU.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161106T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0018.161106T1700Z-161106T2200Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
859 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LARGE SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* SURF...LARGE...YET SUBSIDING WESTERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO
  RESULT IN BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE OF 16 TO 20 FT THIS
  MORNING.

* TIMING...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
  AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING BY THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH
  MONTEREY COUNTY.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST WILL
  LEAD TO INCREASED WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WITH WAVES TOPPING AND
  WASHING OVER LARGE ROCKS AND JETTIES. THESE LARGE WAVES CAN BE
  ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE. REMAIN FARTHER BACK FROM THE SURF
  ZONE THAN NORMAL AS THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF
  SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE COLD AND TURBULENT OCEAN WATERS. NEVER
  TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN. MARINERS TRAVERSING THE BAR ARE
  URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ESPECIALLY DURING MAX EBB.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY
INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...STRONG LONGSHORE
CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES. ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE
THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN.

&&

$$

108 
WHUS46 KMTR 062156
CFWMTR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
156 PM PST SUN NOV 6 2016

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-062300-
/O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161106T2200Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
156 PM PST SUN NOV 6 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

LARGE WESTERLY SWELL THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTING THE COAST CONTINUES
TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. THUS, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ALONG AREA
BEACHES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
HOWEVER, TO BE SAFE, NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN AS WAVES
CAN BE ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE.

$$

Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016

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.