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Beach Hazards Statement 29, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 24, 2016, 4:45 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2016, 4:45 AM PDT (11:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2016, 7:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 2 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 11:45 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, 11.8 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
- 2822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
941 WHUS46 KSGX 241145 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 445 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016 ...BEACH LIGHTNING EXPECTED THIS MORNING... CAZ552-241400- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0029.161024T1145Z-161024T1400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 445 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ASHORE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY AT ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ASHORE. 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. && $$ MM
1 follow-up statement
497 WHUS46 KSGX 241245 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 545 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016 ...BEACH LIGHTNING THIS MORNING... CAZ043-241400- /O.EXA.KSGX.BH.S.0029.000000T0000Z-161024T1400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 545 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ASHORE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ASHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ CAZ552-241400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0029.000000T0000Z-161024T1400Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 545 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ASHORE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY AT ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ASHORE. 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. && $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 7:34 AM PDT | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | San Diego | 26 min |
| Oct 24, 10:30 AM PDT | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | Orange | 7 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:28 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange | 2 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.