Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 18, 2016, 12:24 PM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2016, 12:24 PM PST (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 24 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 20:25 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, 8.4 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 528 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
061 WHUS46 KSGX 182024 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1224 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LARGE WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL...FROM 290 DEGREES....WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO WEST FACING BEACHES THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED WILL BE NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CAZ043-552-190600- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0007.160219T0300Z-160220T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1224 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SWELL...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 290 DEGREES. * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH ISOLATED SETS TO 8 FEET ON WEST FACING BEACHES...MAINLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ JT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
4 follow-up statements
462 WHUS46 KSGX 190358 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 758 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LARGE SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO WEST FACING BEACHES THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED WILL BE NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. CAZ043-552-191400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160220T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 758 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * SWELL...9 FEET AT 14 SECONDS FROM 290 DEGREES. * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET ON WEST FACING BEACHES...MAINLY NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
719 WHUS46 KSGX 191336 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 536 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A 9 FT MODERATE PERIOD SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SWELL AND SURF WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT. CAZ043-552-192200- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160220T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 536 AM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SWELL...9 FEET AT 14 SECONDS FROM 290 DEGREES. * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET...HIGHEST NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND 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. && $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
522 WHUS46 KSGX 192100 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 100 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A 10 FT/15 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL FROM 290 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SWELL AND SURF WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT. CAZ043-552-200300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160220T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 100 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SWELL...10 FEET AT 15 SECONDS FROM 290 DEGREES. * SURF...4 TO 7 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET. HIGHEST SETS NORTH OF NEWPORT BEACH AND SOUTH OF DEL MAR. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WAVES MAY OVER-TOP JETTIES AND SEA WALLS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ JJT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
250 WHUS46 KSGX 200256 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 656 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT EXPIRES AT 7 PM... CAZ043-552-200400- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160220T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 656 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... SWELL AND SURF ARE SUBSIDING AND WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND THROUGH TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS WILL WEAKEN BUT CARE SHOULD ALWAYS BE EXERCISED WHEN ENTERING THE WATER. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
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.