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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 4, 2016, 1:00 PM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 4, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2016, 1:00 PM PST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2016, 8:26 PM PST
- In force
- 22 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 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
- 3250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
268 WHUS46 KSGX 042100 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 100 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL QUICKLY BUILD TONIGHT...PEAKING AROUND 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES WITH HIGHEST SURF EXPECTED NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-050600- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0005.160205T0600Z-160206T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 100 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...SWELL 8 TO 9 FEET AT 16 TO 18 SECONDS FROM THE NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES OR SEA WALLS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ TS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
5 follow-up statements
808 WHUS46 KSGX 042106 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 106 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL QUICKLY BUILD TONIGHT...PEAKING AROUND 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES WITH HIGHEST SURF EXPECTED NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-050600- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0005.160205T0600Z-160206T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 106 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * SWELL...SWELL 8 TO 9 FEET AT 16 TO 18 SECONDS FROM THE NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES. * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS OF 7 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES OR SEA WALLS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ TS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
314 WHUS46 KSGX 050507 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 907 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL QUICKLY BUILD TONIGHT...PEAK AROUND 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF ENCINITAS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-051400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0005.160205T0600Z-160206T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 907 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * SWELL...8 TO 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 290 DEGREES. * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET...WITH HIGHER SETS TO 7 FEET...ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES OR SEA WALLS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
615 WHUS46 KSGX 051315 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 515 AM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL QUICKLY PEAK AROUND 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS MORNING...THEN SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED SURF ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-052200- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160206T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 515 AM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SWELL...8 TO 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 290 DEGREES. * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET. HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES OR SEA WALLS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
412 WHUS46 KSGX 052126 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 126 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LONG-PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES PEAKED AROUND 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS THROUGH TONIGHT. ELEVATED SURF WILL CONTINUE ALONG WEST-FACING BEACHES NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AS WELL...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-060600- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160206T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 126 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SWELL...8 TO 9 FEET AT 18 SECONDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 290 DEGREES. * SURF...3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET. HIGHEST SURF NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES OR SEA WALLS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ TS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
048 WHUS46 KSGX 060426 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 826 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 CAZ043-552-060530- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160206T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 826 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE ELEVATED SURF DUE TO A MODERATE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES HAS LOWERED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JJT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 12:58 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 48 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.