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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 31, 2016, 4:13 PM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 1, 2016, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2016, 4:13 PM PDT (23:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2016, 6:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 63 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 23:19 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, 11.2 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
380 WHUS46 KSGX 312313 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 413 PM PDT THU MAR 31 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN ELEVATED SURF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES. CAZ043-552-011500- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0011.160401T1300Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 413 PM PDT THU MAR 31 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS 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. && $$ GREGORIA HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
8 follow-up statements
420 WHUS46 KSGX 010939 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 239 AM PDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN ELEVATED SURF OF 4 TO 7 FEET...AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ALONG THE SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES. CAZ043-552-012100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.160401T1300Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 239 AM PDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 7 FEET...HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO JMB
796 WHUS46 KSGX 012040 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 140 PM PDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ELEVATED SURF OF 6-7 FEET AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-020500- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 140 PM PDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS 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. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
789 WHUS46 KSGX 020425 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 925 PM PDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-021300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 925 PM PDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT ON EXPOSED SOUTH-FACING BEACHES IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
368 WHUS46 KSGX 021109 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 409 AM PDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-022100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 409 AM PDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT ON EXPOSED SOUTH-FACING BEACHES IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO JMB
136 WHUS46 KSGX 021934 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1234 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY AT AREA BEACHES. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-030500- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1234 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG BEACHES BEST EXPOSED TO 190 DEGREE SWELLS...SUCH AS MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO HARRISON
452 WHUS46 KSGX 030442 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 942 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY AT AREA BEACHES. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ043-552-031300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 942 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG BEACHES BEST EXPOSED TO 190 DEGREE SWELLS...SUCH AS MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS 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. && $$ MAXWELL
185 WHUS46 KSGX 030944 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 244 AM PDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING TO AREA BEACHES. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TONIGHT. CAZ043-552-032100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 244 AM PDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG BEACHES BEST EXPOSED TO 190 DEGREE SWELLS...SUCH AS MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO JMB
147 WHUS46 KSGX 032034 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 134 PM PDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM AROUND 190 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING TO AREA BEACHES. HIGHEST SURF WILL BE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TONIGHT. CAZ043-552-040400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160404T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 134 PM PDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET...WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 7 FT. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF ALONG BEACHES BEST EXPOSED TO 190 DEGREE SWELLS...SUCH AS MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS 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 HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 23 hr |
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.