Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 26, 2016, 1:00 PM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jan 28, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2016, 1:00 PM PST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 12:55 AM PST
- In force
- 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 21:01 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, 9.0 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
- 2901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
916 WHUS46 KSGX 262100 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 100 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH SURF LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A LARGE LONG-PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY...BUILD THURSDAY NIGHT...PEAK FRIDAY...AND LOWER SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES...WITH HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. A LARGER SHORTER PERIOD SWELL MAY OCCUR LATE SUNDAY INTO LATE MONDAY...PRODUCING MORE LARGE WAVES. CAZ043-552-270900- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0004.160129T0600Z-160131T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 100 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR AN OUTLOOK FOR HIGH SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...6 TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. ELSEWHERE...4 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...SURF INCREASING THURSDAY NIGHT...PEAKING FRIDAY...AND GRADUALLY LOWERING SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. * OUTLOOK...AN EVEN LARGER WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL...BUT WITH A SHORT PERIOD...IS POSSIBLE FOR LATE SUNDAY INTO LATE MONDAY. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A RETURN OF HIGH SURF...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SURF TO PRODUCE COASTAL DAMAGE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO HARRISON
3 follow-up statements
990 WHUS46 KSGX 270859 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1259 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...HIGH SURF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .A LARGE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A LONG PERIOD WILL BUILD RAPIDLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND PEAK FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF WITH HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. A LARGER SHORTER PERIOD SWELL FROM THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...PRODUCING MORE LARGE WAVES. CAZ043-552-272200- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0004.160129T0600Z-160131T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1259 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 8 FEET WITH SETS TO 10 FEET. HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. * TIMING...SURF INCREASING THURSDAY NIGHT...PEAKING LATE FRIDAY...AND GRADUALLY LOWERING SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. * OUTLOOK...AN EVEN LARGER WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL...BUT WITH A SHORT PERIOD...IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A RETURN OF HIGH SURF...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SURF TO PRODUCE COASTAL DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ MM
427 WHUS46 KSGX 272053 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1253 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...HIGH SURF LIKELY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .A LARGE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A LONG PERIOD WILL BUILD RAPIDLY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND PEAK FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF WITH HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. A LARGER SHORTER PERIOD SWELL FROM THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...PRODUCING MORE LARGE WAVES. CAZ043-552-280900- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0004.160129T0600Z-160131T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1253 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...6 TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. ELSEWHERE...4 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...SURF INCREASING THURSDAY NIGHT...PEAKING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND GRADUALLY LOWERING SATURDAY. * TIDES...HIGHEST TIDES AROUND 4.7 TO 4.9 FEET BETWEEN AROUND MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. LOWEST TIDES AROUND 1.8 TO 2.4 FEET BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. * OUTLOOK...AN EVEN LARGER WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL...BUT WITH A SHORT PERIOD...IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A RETURN OF HIGH SURF...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SURF TO PRODUCE COASTAL DAMAGE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO HARRISON
737 WHUS46 KSGX 280855 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1255 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...HIGH SURF TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LARGE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A LONG PERIOD WILL BUILD TONIGHT...PEAK FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...BEFORE SUBSIDING SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF WITH HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF CARDIFF. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-282200- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0004.160129T0600Z-160131T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0005.160129T0600Z-160131T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1255 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 8 FEET WITH SETS UP TO 12 FEET. HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF CARDIFF. * TIMING...INCREASING TONIGHT...PEAKING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDING SATURDAY. * TIDES...HIGHEST TIDES AROUND 4.8 FEET AROUND 12 AND 1 AM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS. * OUTLOOK...A STORM WILL PRODUCE A LARGE WIND SWELL AND CHOPPY HIGH SURF SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 9:54 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 11:08 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 5 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.