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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS San Diego, CA

January 10, 2016Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 10, 2016, 1:01 PM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jan 12, 2016, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2016, 1:01 PM PST (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2016, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 11, 2016, 1:53 AM PST
In force
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 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2016-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2016-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

993 
WHUS46 KSGX 102101
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
101 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2016

...HIGH SURF LIKELY ON TUESDAY...

.A LARGE LONG-PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LARGE WAVES OF AROUND 7 TO 10 FEET AT FAVORED EXPOSED WEST-FACING
BEACHES OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON
TUESDAY. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. IN ADDITION...THE
LARGE SURF AND HIGH TIDES NEAR 6.5 FEET COULD PRODUCE SOME MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING BEACH AREAS.

CAZ043-552-110600-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0002.160112T0900Z-160113T0400Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
101 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR AN OUTLOOK FOR HIGH SURF...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* WAVES AND SURF...RISING MONDAY EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE DAY-
  TIME TUESDAY AT 7 TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET...THEN
  LOWERING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...HIGHEST SURF TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY
  AND SOUTH OF CARLSBAD IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOCATIONS THAT COULD
  EXPERIENCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING INCLUDE...SEAL BEACH...SUNSET
  BEACH...OCEANSIDE BEACH...CARDIFF...LA JOLLA SHORES AND IMPERIAL
  BEACH.

* TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE OF AROUND 6.3 TO 6.5 FEET AT AROUND 10 AM.
  LOWEST TIDE OF AROUND -0.2 TO 0.1 FEET AT AROUND 5 PM. 

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO LARGE WAVES AND
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND ROCK
  STRUCTURES AT TIMES. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING THE
  TIME OF HIGHEST TIDE TUESDAY. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

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HARRISON
2 follow-up statements
020 
WHUS46 KSGX 110530
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
930 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2016

...HIGH SURF LIKELY ON TUESDAY...

.A LARGE LONG-PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
HIGH SURF OF 7 TO 10 FEET AT FAVORED EXPOSED WEST-FACING BEACHES
OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON
TUESDAY. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. IN ADDITION...THE
HIGH SURF AND HIGH TIDES NEAR 6.5 FEET COULD PRODUCE SOME MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING BEACH AREAS.

CAZ043-552-111400-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0002.160112T0900Z-160113T0400Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
930 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* SURF...7 TO 10 FEET...WITH SETS TO 12 FEET.

* TIMING...RISING MONDAY EVENING...WITH HIGHEST SURF TUESDAY
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DIMINISHING TUESDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE 
  COUNTY AND SOUTH OF CARLSBAD IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. LOCATIONS 
  THAT COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING INCLUDE...SEAL 
  BEACH...SUNSET BEACH...OCEANSIDE BEACH...CARDIFF...LA JOLLA 
  SHORES AND IMPERIAL BEACH. 

* TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE OF AROUND 6.3 TO 6.5 FEET AT AROUND 10 AM
  TUESDAY. LOWEST TIDE OF AROUND -0.2 TO 0.1 FEET AT AROUND 5 PM
  TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO LARGE WAVES AND 
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND ROCK 
  STRUCTURES AT TIMES. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING 
  THE TIME OF HIGHEST TIDE TUESDAY. MINOR BEACH EROSION 
  POSSIBLE. 

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

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002 
WHUS46 KSGX 110953
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
153 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY TUESDAY...

.A WEST SWELL WITH A LONG PERIOD WILL ARRIVE AT THE BEACHES EARLY 
TUESDAY AND PRODUCE HIGH SURF THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SWELL
AND SURF WILL DIMINISH EARLY WEDNESDAY.

CAZ043-552-112200-
/O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0002.160112T0900Z-160113T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0002.160112T1000Z-160113T1000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
153 AM PST MON JAN 11 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 2 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* SURF...4 TO 8 FEET...WITH SETS TO 10 FEET TUESDAY. HIGHEST SURF
  WILL BE IN SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 

* TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE OF AROUND 6.5 FEET AT AROUND 10 AM TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO LARGE WAVES AND 
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND ROCK 
  STRUCTURES AT TIMES. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING 
  THE TIME OF HIGHEST TIDE TUESDAY. MINOR BEACH EROSION 
  POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

&&

$$

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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.