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Beach Hazards Statement 30, NWS San Diego, CA

October 24, 2016San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 24, 2016, 7:34 AM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2016, 7:34 AM PDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
26 min
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 14:37 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, 2.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2016-10-24Temperature 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 2016-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

433 
WHUS46 KSGX 241434
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
734 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

CAZ043-241545-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0030.161024T1434Z-161024T1500Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
734 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
PDT THIS MORNING.

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ASHORE THROUGH 8 AM
THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY
BEACHES THROUGH 8 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
1 follow-up statement
157 
WHUS46 KSGX 241436
CFWSGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
736 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016

...BEACH LIGHTNING THIS MORNING...

CAZ043-241545-
/O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0030.000000T0000Z-161024T1500Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
736 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
PDT THIS MORNING.

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ASHORE THROUGH 8 AM
THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY
BEACHES THROUGH 8 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.

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 4:45 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego2 hr
Oct 24, 10:30 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange7 hr
Oct 24, 11:28 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange2 hr

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.