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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS San Diego, CA

July 30, 2016Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 30, 2016, 1:22 PM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jul 31, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2016, 1:22 PM PDT (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
36 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 20:23 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, 8.4 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 2016-07-30Temperature 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 2016-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

903 
WHUS46 KSGX 302022
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
122 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

.LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELLS AROUND 3 FEET FROM 200 TO 220
DEGREES WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE
CURRENTS...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SURF WILL PEAK SUNDAY EVENING.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL BE UP AROUND 7 FEET DURING THIS TIME
AS WELL AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL
AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDES. SWELLS AND
TIDES WILL SLOWLY LOWER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-310430-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0022.160731T1500Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
122 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET EARLY SUNDAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 5
  FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. HIGHEST SURF ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
  FACING BEACHES.

* HIGHEST TIDES...SUNDAY 7.0 FT AT 8:12 PM PDT. MONDAY 7.0 FT AT
  8:55 PM PDT. 

* TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS
  OUT TO SEA.

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.

&&

$$

TS

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
7 follow-up statements
898 
WHUS46 KSGX 310353
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
853 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

.LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELLS AROUND 3 FEET FROM 200 TO
220 DEGREES WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE
CURRENTS...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SURF WILL PEAK SUNDAY EVENING.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL BE UP AROUND 7 FEET DURING THIS TIME
AS WELL AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL
AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDES. SWELLS AND TIDES
WILL SLOWLY LOWER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-311300-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0022.160731T1500Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
853 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET EARLY SUNDAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 
  5 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. HIGHEST SURF ALONG SOUTH AND 
  SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 

* HIGHEST TIDES...SUNDAY 7.0 FT AT 8:12 PM PDT. MONDAY 7.0 FT AT 
  8:55 PM PDT. 

* TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS 
  OUT TO SEA. 

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.

&&

$$

JMB

WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
908 
WHUS46 KSGX 311001
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
301 AM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY...

.A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL OF AROUND 3 FEET FROM 200 DEGREES
WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS...
RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
SURF WILL PEAK SUNDAY NIGHT. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL BE UP
NEAR 7 FEET DURING THIS TIME AS WELL AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE 
EVENING HIGH TIDES. SWELLS AND TIDES WILL LOWER THROUGH THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-312100-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0022.160731T1500Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
301 AM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET EARLY SUNDAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 
  LOCALLY 5 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. HIGHEST SURF ALONG SOUTH AND 
  SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 

* HIGHEST TIDES...SUNDAY 7.0 FT AT 8:12 PM PDT. MONDAY 7.0 FT AT 
  8:55 PM PDT. 

* TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS 
  OUT TO SEA. 

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
349 
WHUS46 KSGX 312012
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
112 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY...

.A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL OF AROUND 3 FEET FROM 200 DEGREES
WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS...
RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL BE UP NEAR 7 FEET DURING
THIS TIME AS WELL AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
COASTAL AREAS DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDES. SWELLS AND TIDES
WILL LOWER TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-010400-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
112 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET...INCREASING TO 3 TO LOCALLY 5 FEET
  BY THIS EVENING. HIGHEST SURF ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING
  BEACHES.

* HIGHEST TIDES...SUNDAY 6.8 FT AT 8:06 PM PDT. MONDAY 6.9 FT AT
  8:50 PM PDT.

* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS
  OUT TO SEA. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING SUSCEPTIBLE BEACH
  AREAS IS 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.

&&

$$

HARRISON

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
813 
WHUS46 KSGX 010434
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
934 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY...

.A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL OF AROUND 3 FEET FROM 200 DEGREES
WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS...
RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL BE UP NEAR 7 FEET DURING
THIS TIME AS WELL AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
COASTAL AREAS DURING EVENING HIGH TIDE. SWELLS AND TIDES WILL
LOWER TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-011300-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
934 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. HIGHEST SURF ALONG SOUTH AND
  SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES.

* HIGHEST TIDES...MONDAY 6.9 FT AT 8:50 PM PDT.

* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS 
  OUT TO SEA. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING SUSCEPTIBLE 
  BEACH AREAS IS 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.

&&

$$

JMB

WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
075 
WHUS46 KSGX 011204
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
504 AM PDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY...

.A SOUTH SWELL OF 3 FT/16-17 SEC FROM 200 DEGREES WILL BRING
ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET DURING THIS TIME AS
WELL AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS
DURING EVENING HIGH TIDE. SWELLS AND TIDES WILL LOWER TUESDAY
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-012100-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
504 AM PDT MON AUG 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET...HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH AND
  SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES.

* HIGHEST TIDES...MONDAY 6.9 FT AT 8:50 PM PDT.

* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS 
  OUT TO SEA. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING SUSCEPTIBLE 
  BEACH AREAS IS 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.

&&

$$

SS

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
555 
WHUS46 KSGX 012026
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
126 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A SOUTH SWELL OF 3 FT/16-17 SEC FROM 200 DEGREES WILL BRING
ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET COULD RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS DURING THE EVENING.
SWELLS AND TIDES WILL LOWER TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CAZ043-552-020300-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
126 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET...HIGHEST ALONG SOUTH AND 
  SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 

* HIGHEST TIDES...TODAY NEAR 6.9 FT AT 8:50 PM PDT.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL SWIMMERS 
  OUT TO SEA. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING SUSCEPTIBLE 
  BEACH AREAS IS 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.

&&

$$

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO

HARRISON
171 
WHUS46 KSGX 020252
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
752 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2016

CAZ043-552-020400-
/O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-160802T0300Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
752 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

SWELL AND SURF WILL LOWER INTO TUESDAY...REDUCING THE RISK FOR
WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THEREFORE THE BEACH HAZARD
STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

$$

ALBRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 1:39 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino4 hr
Jul 30, 2:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Bernardino49 min

Nearby

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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.