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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 29, 2017, 9:24 PM PST for 6 counties in California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2017, 9:24 PM PST (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2017, 3:00 AM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
183 WHUS46 KMTR 300524 CFWMTR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 924 PM PST WED NOV 29 2017 A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SWELL HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 18 FEET AT 15 TO 18 SECONDS CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED THEREFORE THE BEACH HAZARD REMAINS IN EFFECT. LARGE SURF, SNEAKER WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. CAZ006-505-509-529-530-301100- /O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-171130T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.BH.S.0013.171130T0524Z-171130T1100Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 924 PM PST WED NOV 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELLS 10 TO 18 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 15 TO 18 SECONDS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * LOCATION...COASTLINE FROM SONOMA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...OCEAN BEACH...MONTARA STATE BEACH AND MARINA STATE BEACH. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LARGE SURF...SNEAKER WAVES...AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR LARGE SURF AND SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
532 WHUS46 KMTR 301057 CFWMTR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 257 AM PST THU NOV 30 2017 CAZ006-505-509-529-530-301200- /O.EXP.KMTR.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-171130T1100Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 257 AM PST THU NOV 30 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE LONG-PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. LOCALLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. BEACHGOERS ARE ALWAYS ADVISED TO BE BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND TO TAKE EXTRA CARE WHENEVER VENTURING TO OR ALONG THE SHORELINE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 9:26 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | MTR | 6 hr | |
| Nov 29, 9:26 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 6 hr | |
| Nov 30, 2:45 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MTR | 12 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.