Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2017
Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 23, 2017, 2:11 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2017, 2:11 AM PDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2017, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 16 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
277 WHUS46 KSGX 230911 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 211 AM PDT THU MAR 23 2017 ...ELEVATED SURF EXPECTED... .A WEST NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BUILD INTO THE LOCAL WATERS, LEADING TO ELEVATED SURF AT THE BEACHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. CAZ043-552-240100- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0006.170323T0911Z-170324T0100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 211 AM PDT THU MAR 23 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE DUE TO ELEVATED SURF ALONG WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
2 follow-up statements
343 WHUS46 KSGX 231953 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1253 PM PDT THU MAR 23 2017 ...ELEVATED SURF CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... .A WEST NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CAZ043-552-240100- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170324T0100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 1253 PM PDT THU MAR 23 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL 7 FOOT SETS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE DUE TO ELEVATED SURF ALONG WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE DANGER TO INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS IN THE WATER. ELEVATED SURF ALSO FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN DRAG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN DROWNING. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ HARRISON HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
899 WHUS46 KSGX 240103 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 603 PM PDT THU MAR 23 2017 CAZ043-552-240215- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170324T0100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 603 PM PDT THU MAR 23 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... SWELL AND SURF WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS EVENING. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
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.