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Beach Hazards Statement 26, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 24, 2016, 8:17 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2016, 8:17 AM PDT (15:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 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 15:23 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, 3.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
862 WHUS46 KSGX 241517 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 817 AM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...WIDESPREAD HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS WEEKEND... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL IMPACT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. CAZ043-552-242100- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0026.160924T1517Z-160926T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 817 AM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH MAX SETS 7 FEET * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES 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. && $$ JAD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
5 follow-up statements
892 WHUS46 KSGX 242046 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 146 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...WIDESPREAD HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS WEEKEND... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL IMPACT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. CAZ043-552-250500- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-160926T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 146 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH MAX SETS 7 FEET * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ PIERCE/JD HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
497 WHUS46 KSGX 250400 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...WIDESPREAD HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS WEEKEND... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL IMPACT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. CAZ043-552-251300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-160926T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 900 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH MAX SETS 7 TO 8 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
475 WHUS46 KSGX 251246 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 546 AM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL GENERATE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ043-552-260300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-160926T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 546 AM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
322 WHUS46 KSGX 252057 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 157 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. CAZ043-552-260300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-160926T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 157 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND 4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET IN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES THE REST OF TODAY. 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. && $$ MAXWELL
822 WHUS46 KSGX 260325 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 825 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... CAZ043-552-260430- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-160926T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 825 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... * SWELL AND SURF CONTINUE TO DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 11:53 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 51 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.