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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 7, 2016, 8:44 PM PST for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 8:44 PM PST (04:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 16 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 radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 2105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
114 WHUS46 KMTR 080444 CFWMTR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 844 PM PST SUN FEB 7 2016 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-081245- /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0002.160208T1200Z-160209T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 844 PM PST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WAVES...WESTERLY SWELL OF 6 TO 8 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 17 TO 19 SECONDS. * HAZARDS...INCREASED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...MONDAY. * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH...HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD 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. A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
465 WHUS46 KMTR 081352 CFWMTR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 552 AM PST MON FEB 8 2016 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-082200- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 552 AM PST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES...BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL TODAY OF 6 TO 8 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS. * HAZARDS...INCREASED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...MONDAY. * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH...HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS. SWIMMERS CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SHOULD SWIM PARALLEL TO THE COAST TO ESCAPE THE RIP CURRENT BEFORE TRYING TO SWIM FOR SHORE. SWIMMERS SHOULD ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. && $$
485 WHUS46 KMTR 082133 CFWMTR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 133 PM PST MON FEB 8 2016 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-090400- /O.CON.KMTR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 133 PM PST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WAVES...BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL TODAY OF 6 TO 8 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 17 SECONDS...BECOMING 15 SECONDS THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...INCREASED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...MONDAY. * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST FACING BEACHES...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH...HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH...MANRESA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD 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. A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. && $$
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.