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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 25, 2016, 7:42 AM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2016, 7:42 AM PDT (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 10:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
793 WHUS46 KSGX 251442 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 742 AM PDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...LIGHTNING POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES IN EXTREME SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THIS MORNING... .SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NEAR EXTREME SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL CREATE THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE NEAR IMPERIAL BEACH. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY LATE THIS MORNING. CAZ043-251700- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0021.160725T1442Z-160725T1700Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 742 AM PDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POSSIBLE LIGHTNING AT IMPERIAL BEACH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...MAINLY IMPERIALBEACH. * TIMING...THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH IF STRUCK. 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. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
1 follow-up statement
030 WHUS46 KSGX 251652 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 952 AM PDT MON JUL 25 2016 CAZ043-251800- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-160725T1700Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 952 AM PDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING AT THE BEACHES WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM THIS MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ALONG BEACHES IN SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
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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.