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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at May 3, 2017, 2:35 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2017, 2:35 AM PDT (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 41 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 09:38 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, 9.6 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
- 2638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
314 WHUS46 KSGX 030935 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 235 AM PDT WED MAY 3 2017 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ043-552-040000- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0008.170503T0935Z-170505T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 235 AM PDT WED MAY 3 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...A SMALL BUT LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL RESULT IN SURF OF 3 TO 6 FEET WITH SETS TO 7 FEET, HIGHEST ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES, INCLUDING LAGUNA BEACH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BEACHES. 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. && $$ GREGORIA
3 follow-up statements
326 WHUS46 KSGX 040125 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 625 PM PDT WED MAY 3 2017 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ043-552-041300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170505T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 625 PM PDT WED MAY 3 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 6 FEET WITH SETS TO 7 FEET, HIGHEST ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && $$ SS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
158 WHUS46 KSGX 040933 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 233 AM PDT THU MAY 4 2017 ...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BRING ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ043-552-050300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170505T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 233 AM PDT THU MAY 4 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 6 FEET WITH SETS TO 7 FEET, HIGHEST ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BEACHES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
172 WHUS46 KSGX 050248 CFWSGX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 748 PM PDT THU MAY 4 2017 CAZ043-552-050400- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170505T0300Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 748 PM PDT THU MAY 4 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WEST-SOUTHWEST SWELL AND ASSOCIATED SURF WILL SLOWLY LOWER FRIDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ 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.