Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 11, 2016, 1:42 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 12, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2016, 1:42 AM PST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2016, 1:05 PM 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 09:47 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, 9.7 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
- 4641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
091 WHUS46 KSGX 110942 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 142 AM PST THU FEB 11 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY WILL GENERATE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. SURF WILL BUILD DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND PEAK SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SWELL AND SURF WILL SLOWLY LOWER ON SUNDAY. CAZ043-552-112200- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0006.160212T1800Z-160215T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 142 AM PST THU FEB 11 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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 FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SWELL...8 TO 9 FT AT 17 TO 18 SECONDS FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 290 DEGREES. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 6 FT FRIDAY...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT SATURDAY. LOCAL SETS TO 8 FT POSSIBLE NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. SURF LOWERING TO 3 TO 6 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
1 follow-up statement
141 WHUS46 KSGX 112105 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 105 PM PST THU FEB 11 2016 ...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. SURF WILL BUILD DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND PEAK SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SWELL AND SURF WILL SLOWLY LOWER ON SUNDAY. CAZ043-552-120600- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0006.160212T1800Z-160215T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0007.160212T1800Z-160215T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 105 PM PST THU FEB 11 2016 ...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UPGRADED TO A HIGH SURF ADVISORY DUE TO HIGHER FORECASTED SURF. * SWELL...8 TO 9 FT AT 17 TO 18 SECONDS FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 290 DEGREES. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 6 FT FRIDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BY SATURDAY. LOCAL SETS 8 TO 9 FT POSSIBLE NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. SURF LOWERING SLOWLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LARGER WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES OR SEA WALLS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ TS 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 11, 1:05 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 3 days |
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.