Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 17, 2016, 9:02 PM PDT for Orange County, California. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2016, 9:02 PM PDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2016, 6:42 PM PDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County Orange County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 3247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
864 WHUS46 KSGX 180402 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 902 PM PDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...SURF TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ABOVE NORMAL SURF WILL CONTINUE IN ORANGE COUNTY SATURDAY... .THE SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, THOUGH IT WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODERATELY HIGH IN ORANGE COUNTY AT 3 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS AROUND 6 FEET. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS IN ORANGE COUNTY FOR ONE MORE DAY SATURDAY. FURTHER SOUTH IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE SURF WILL BE LOWER, MOSTLY BELOW 5 FEET. CAZ552-181215- /O.EXP.KSGX.SU.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160618T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0017.160618T0402Z-160619T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 902 PM PDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SURF AND HAZARDS...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET. STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...SURF WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LOWER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. 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. && $$ CAZ043-180515- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160618T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 902 PM PDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... SURF WILL MOSTLY BE BELOW 5 FEET BY SATURDAY. SOME RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT LESS EXTENSIVE THAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. $$ MAXWELL
4 follow-up statements
215 WHUS46 KSGX 181201 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 501 AM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ABOVE NORMAL SURF WILL CONTINUE IN ORANGE COUNTY TODAY... .THE SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THOUGH IT WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODERATELY HIGH IN ORANGE COUNTY AT 3 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS AROUND 6 FEET. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS IN ORANGE COUNTY FOR ONE MORE DAY AS WELL. FURTHER SOUTH IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY... THE SURF WILL BE LOWER...MOSTLY BELOW 5 FEET. CAZ552-182100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-160619T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 501 AM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF AND HAZARDS...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET. STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...SURF WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LOWER TODAY...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
778 WHUS46 KSGX 181940 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1240 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF IN ORANGE COUNTY TODAY... .ELEVATED SURF OF 3-5 FT...WITH SETS TO 6 FT...WILL CONTINUE TODAY ALONG ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES DUE TO A LONG-PERIOD SOUTH SWELL. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS ALONG THE BEACHES...AS WELL. SURF WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. CAZ552-190400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-160619T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1240 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * SURF AND HAZARDS...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET. STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
445 WHUS46 KSGX 182201 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 301 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF IN ORANGE COUNTY TODAY... .ELEVATED SURF OF 3-5 FT...WITH SETS TO 6 FT...WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TODAY ALONG ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES DUE TO A LONG- PERIOD SOUTH SWELL. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS ALONG THE BEACHES. SURF WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. CAZ552-190400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-160619T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 301 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * SURF AND HAZARDS...3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 6 FEET. STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. 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. && $$ JJT/MAXWELL
988 WHUS46 KSGX 190142 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 642 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 CAZ552-190245- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-160619T0400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 642 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY, WITH SURF MOSTLY BETWEEN 2 TO 4 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ MAXWELL
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.