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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS San Diego, CA

March 7, 2016Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 7, 2016, 5:48 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 7, 2016, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2016, 5:48 AM PST (13:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2016, 6:00 AM PST
Expired: Mar 7, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
In force: 16 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 13:50 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, 1.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

081 
WHUS46 KSGX 071348
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
548 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...BEACH LIGHTNING FROM 6 AM THROUGH 10 AM TODAY...

...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TODAY AND
TUESDAY...

.A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP LIGHTNING ON THE BEACHES
BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM THIS MORNING. 

.VERY LARGE SURF WILL HIT THE BEACHES TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SURF...GUSTY WINDS...AND
PROJECTED HIGH TIDES OVER 6 FEET WILL THREATEN COASTAL FLOODING
PARTICULARLY AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AND TUESDAY
MORNING. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING WILL
DIMINISH TUESDAY.

CAZ043-552-072200-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0010.160307T1400Z-160307T1800Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.W.0003.160307T2000Z-160309T0000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160307T2000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.CF.Y.0001.160307T1400Z-160308T2000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
548 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TUESDAY...
...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM
PST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* BEACH LIGHTNING...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LIGHTNING 
  WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BEACHES BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM TODAY. 

* SURF...4 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 6 TO 10 FEET
  WITH ISOLATED SETS UP TO 15 FEET LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. 4
  TO 8 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET EARLY TUESDAY.

* COASTAL FLOODING...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF BEACH PARKING
  LOTS...LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND BEACH PATHS NEAR TIMES OF HIGH
  TIDE ARE PROBABLE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING.

* HIGH TIDES...TODAY: NEWPORT BEACH...5.9 FT AT 7:36 AM PST. 		 
                      LA JOLLA........5.7 FT AT 7:33 AM PST. 

             TUESDAY: NEWPORT BEACH...5.9 FT AT 8:19 AM PST.    
                      LA JOLLA........5.8 FT AT 8:16 AM PST.

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE VERY 
  DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND 
  SEA WALLS. SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS PROBABLE 
  THROUGH TUESDAY. LARGE SURF MAY DAMAGE COASTAL STRUCTURES SUCH 
  AS PIERS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS...TIDES AND
SURF WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SHORE.

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LIGHTNING AT LOCAL 
BEACHES. USE CAUTION AT THE BEACHES THIS MORNING.

&&

$$

MM

3 follow-up statements

466 
WHUS46 KSGX 071758
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
958 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...MORE LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY 
EVENING...

...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TODAY AND
TUESDAY...

.VERY LARGE SURF WILL HIT THE BEACHES TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SURF...GUSTY WINDS...AND
PROJECTED HIGH TIDES OVER 6 FEET WILL THREATEN LOW-LYING COASTAL 
AREAS WITH COASTAL FLOODING PARTICULARLY AROUND TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE TUESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING SURF WILL DIMINISH
TUESDAY.

ALSO...AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE THE CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...ALTHOUGH IT WOULD LIKELY BE MORE ISOLATED AND NOT
WIDESPREAD LIKE IT WAS THIS MORNING. 

CAZ043-552-080200-
/O.EXT.KSGX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160308T0600Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.W.0003.160307T2000Z-160309T0000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T2000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160307T2000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
958 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TUESDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY...

* BEACH LIGHTNING...ISOLATED LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES AT
  TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

* SURF...6 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 FEET
  WITH ISOLATED SETS UP TO 18 FEET LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. 6
  TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET EARLY TUESDAY. SWELL DIRECTION 
  WILL BE WEST-NORTHWEST AT AROUND 285 DEGREES.

* COASTAL FLOODING...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF BEACH PARKING LOTS...
  LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND ADJACENT STREETS NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
  ARE PROBABLE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING.

* HIGH TIDES...WHEN INCORPORATING THE HIGHER THAN PREDICTED TIDES
  THAT ARE OCCURRING...HIGH TIDES TUESDAY WILL BE NEAR 6.4 FEET
  AT AROUND 815 AM.

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE VERY 
  DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND 
  SEA WALLS. SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS PROBABLE 
  THROUGH TUESDAY. LARGE SURF MAY DAMAGE COASTAL STRUCTURES SUCH 
  AS PIERS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS...TIDES AND
SURF WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SHORE.

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LIGHTNING AT LOCAL
BEACHES. USE CAUTION AT THE BEACHES THIS MORNING.

&&

$$

HARRISON

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO

663 
WHUS46 KSGX 080153
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
553 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...MORE LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM...

...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TODAY AND
TUESDAY...

.VERY LARGE SURF IS IMPACTING THE BEACHES AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SURF...GUSTY WINDS...AND
PROJECTED HIGH TIDES OVER 6 FEET WILL THREATEN LOW-LYING COASTAL
AREAS WITH COASTAL FLOODING PARTICULARLY AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
TUESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING SURF WILL DIMINISH
TUESDAY.

ALSO...AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE THE CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES THROUGH
8 PM OR SO AND WILL BE MORE ISOLATED AND THAN IT WAS THIS MORNING.

CAZ043-552-080700-
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160309T0000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T2000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160308T0600Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
553 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TUESDAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* BEACH LIGHTNING...ISOLATED LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES 
  AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

* SURF...6 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 FEET 
  WITH ISOLATED SETS UP TO 18 FEET LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. 6 
  TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET EARLY TUESDAY. SWELL DIRECTION 
  WILL BE WEST-NORTHWEST AT AROUND 285 DEGREES. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF BEACH PARKING LOTS... 
  LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND ADJACENT STREETS NEAR TIMES OF HIGH 
  TIDE ARE PROBABLE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. 

* HIGH TIDES...WHEN INCORPORATING THE HIGHER THAN PREDICTED 
  TIDES THAT ARE OCCURRING...HIGH TIDES TUESDAY WILL BE NEAR 6.4 
  FEET AT AROUND 815 AM. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE VERY 
  DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND 
  SEA WALLS. SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS PROBABLE 
  THROUGH TUESDAY. LARGE SURF MAY DAMAGE COASTAL STRUCTURES SUCH 
  AS PIERS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS...TIDES AND
SURF WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SHORE.

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LIGHTNING AT LOCAL
BEACHES. USE CAUTION AT THE BEACHES THIS MORNING.

&&

$$

PIERCE

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO

965 
WHUS46 KSGX 080454
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
854 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TODAY AND
TUESDAY...

.VERY LARGE SURF IS IMPACTING THE BEACHES AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SURF...GUSTY
WINDS...AND PROJECTED HIGH TIDES OVER 6 FEET WILL THREATEN LOW-
LYING COASTAL AREAS WITH COASTAL FLOODING PARTICULARLY AROUND
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TUESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING SURF
WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY.

CAZ043-552-081400-
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160309T0000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T2000Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160308T0600Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
854 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TUESDAY...

* SURF...6 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 FEET 
  WITH ISOLATED SETS UP TO 18 FEET LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. 6 
  TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET EARLY TUESDAY. SWELL DIRECTION 
  WILL BE WEST-NORTHWEST AT AROUND 285 DEGREES. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF BEACH PARKING LOTS... 
  LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND ADJACENT STREETS NEAR TIMES OF HIGH 
  TIDE ARE PROBABLE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. 

* HIGH TIDES...WHEN INCORPORATING THE HIGHER THAN PREDICTED 
  TIDES THAT ARE OCCURRING...HIGH TIDES TUESDAY WILL BE NEAR 6.4 
  FEET AT AROUND 815 AM. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE VERY 
  DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND 
  SEA WALLS. SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS PROBABLE 
  THROUGH TUESDAY. LARGE SURF MAY DAMAGE COASTAL STRUCTURES SUCH 
  AS PIERS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS...TIDES AND
SURF WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SHORE.

&&

$$
PIERCE

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 2:01 AM PST	Gale Warning	SGX		24 hr
Mar 7, 3:34 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SGX	Orange, Riverside, San Diego	16 hr
Mar 7, 6:17 AM PST	Special Marine Warning	SGX		118 min
Mar 7, 6:36 AM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGX	Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego	84 min
Mar 7, 7:58 AM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGX	Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego	43 min
Mar 7, 8:06 AM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGX	San Diego	84 min
Mar 7, 8:17 AM PST	Special Marine Warning	SGX		43 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2016 Every 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.