Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2017
Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 20, 2017, 7:56 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jan 20, 2017, 11:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2017, 7:56 AM PST (15:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2017, 11:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2017, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 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 16:00 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, 3.9 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759 WHUS46 KSGX 201556 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 756 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...HIGH SURF WARNING FOR SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... ...LIGHTNING THREAT AT THE BEACHES TODAY... .LARGE AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURF WILL BATTER THE BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY. COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THE SURF WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY...THEN LOWER BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ALSO...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BEACHES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WHICH WILL BE A DANGER TO BEACH GOERS AND SWIMMERS. CAZ043-552-210000- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0003.170120T1900Z-170121T0400Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170125T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 756 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POTENTIAL LIGHTING AT THE BEACHES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT ISSUED FOR A LIGHTHING THREAT AT THE BEACHES. * SURF...SURF INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FT WITH SETS TO 16 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SURF SUBSIDING SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TO 6 TO 9 FT WITH SETS TO 12 FT. SURF WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BELOW HIGH SURF THRESHOLDS BY WEDNESDAY. * TIMING FOR BEACH LIGHTNING...LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE WILL BE 4.6 FT AT 435 AM SATURDAY...4.8 FT AT 520 AM SUNDAY...5.1 FT AT 559 AM MONDAY...AND 5.4 FT AT 634 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CAN WASH PEOPLE OFF JETTIES AND ROCKS. DEADLY CLOUD-TO-WATER AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING POSSIBLE RESULTING IN A THREAT TO BEACH GOERS AND SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND OR CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
1 follow-up statement
420 WHUS46 KSGX 210120 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 520 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...HIGH SURF WARNING FOR SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... ...LIGHTNING THREAT AT THE BEACHES THROUGH 8 PM... .LARGE AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURF WILL BATTER THE BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY. COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THE SURF WILL LOWER BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. CAZ043-552-210800- /O.CON.KSGX.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170125T0600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170121T0400Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 520 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SURF...SURF INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FT WITH SETS TO 16 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SURF SUBSIDING SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TO 6 TO 9 FT WITH SETS TO 12 FT. SURF WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BELOW HIGH SURF THRESHOLDS BY WEDNESDAY. * TIMING FOR BEACH LIGHTNING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TIDES...HIGHEST TIDE WILL BE 4.6 FT AT 435 AM SATURDAY...4.8 FT AT 520 AM SUNDAY...5.1 FT AT 559 AM MONDAY...AND 5.4 FT AT 634 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CAN WASH PEOPLE OFF JETTIES AND ROCKS. CLOUD-TO-WATER AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. * REPORTS...8 FOOT WAVES WERE REPORTED AT HUNTINGTON BEACH...SAN CLEMENTE PIER AND SOLANA BEACH AT 4 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR BEACH LIGHTNING MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND OR CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS. && $$ MOEDE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 10:41 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Diego | 9 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:46 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Bernardino | 8 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:38 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Orange | 22 min |
| Jan 20, 12:46 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 8 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:52 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Orange | 23 min |
| Jan 20, 1:20 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino | 6 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:33 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:51 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 54 min |
| Jan 20, 2:03 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:25 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 50 min |
| Jan 20, 2:38 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:59 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 6 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.