Alert archive / California / Beach Hazards Statements in 2020
Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 2, 2020, 1:37 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2020, 1:37 AM PST (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2020, 1:40 AM PST
- In force
- 48 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
- 3697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
294 WHUS46 KSGX 020937 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 137 AM PST Sun Feb 2 2020 CAZ043-552-022200- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0001.200202T0937Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 137 AM PST Sun Feb 2 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect through late Monday night. * Surf...4-6 feet. Sets to 7 feet across southern San Diego County. * Timing...Surf building today, peaking early Monday morning, subsiding late Monday night. * Impacts...Strong winds and waves will cause dangerous rip currents and hazardous swimming conditions. The strong winds and large swell may result in localized flooding in low lying areas and parking lots, along with local beach erosion. 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. && $$ APR https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
6 follow-up statements
169 WHUS46 KSGX 022125 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 125 PM PST Sun Feb 2 2020 CAZ043-552-030600- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 125 PM PST Sun Feb 2 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * Surf...4-6 feet. Sets to 7 feet across southern San Diego County. * Timing...Surf building today, peaking early Monday morning, subsiding late Monday night. * Impacts...Strong winds and waves will cause dangerous rip currents and hazardous swimming conditions. The strong winds and large swell may result in localized flooding in low lying areas and parking lots, along with local beach erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A beach hazards statement is issued when threats such as strong rip currents...elevated surf heights...minor tidal overflow...or lightning are possible at local beaches. Obey posted warning signs and flags and talk to a lifeguard before swimming. Use caution when in or near the water and always swim near a lifeguard. && $$ JJT https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
142 WHUS46 KSGX 030526 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 926 PM PST Sun Feb 2 2020 CAZ043-552-031400- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 926 PM PST Sun Feb 2 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * Surf...4-6 feet. Sets to 7 feet across southern San Diego County. * Timing...Surf building today, peaking early Monday morning, subsiding late Monday night. * Impacts...Strong winds and waves will cause dangerous rip currents and hazardous swimming conditions. The strong winds and large swell may result in localized flooding in low lying areas and parking lots, along with local beach erosion. 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. && $$ SS https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
725 WHUS46 KSGX 031007 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 207 AM PST Mon Feb 3 2020 CAZ043-552-032200- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 207 AM PST Mon Feb 3 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... * Surf...3-5 feet. Sets to 6 feet across southern San Diego County. * Timing...Surf peaks this morning, gradually subsiding later today and tonight. * Impacts...Strong winds and waves will cause dangerous rip currents and hazardous swimming conditions. The strong winds and large swell may result in localized flooding in low lying areas and parking lots, along with local beach erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A beach hazards statement is issued when threats such as strong rip currents...elevated surf heights...minor tidal overflow...or lightning are possible at local beaches. Obey posted warning signs and flags and talk to a lifeguard before swimming. Use caution when in or near the water and always swim near a lifeguard. && $$ sgx
351 WHUS46 KSGX 032108 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 108 PM PST Mon Feb 3 2020 CAZ043-552-040600- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 108 PM PST Mon Feb 3 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * Surf...3-6 feet. Sets to 8 feet across southern San Diego County. * Timing...Surf gradually subsiding later today and tonight. * Impacts...Strong winds and waves will cause dangerous rip currents and hazardous swimming conditions. The strong winds and large swell may result in localized flooding in low lying areas and parking lots, along with local beach erosion. 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. && $$ JJT https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
244 WHUS46 KSGX 040522 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 922 PM PST Mon Feb 3 2020 CAZ043-552-041300- /O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 922 PM PST Mon Feb 3 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST TUESDAY... * Surf...3-6 feet, highest in southern San Diego County. * Timing...Surf subsiding tonight. * Impacts...Strong rip currents and hazardous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A beach hazards statement is issued when threats such as strong rip currents...elevated surf heights...minor tidal overflow...or lightning are possible at local beaches. Obey posted warning signs and flags and talk to a lifeguard before swimming. Use caution when in or near the water and always swim near a lifeguard. && $$ SS https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
979 WHUS46 KSGX 040940 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 140 AM PST Tue Feb 4 2020 CAZ043-552-041045- /O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200204T1300Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 140 AM PST Tue Feb 4 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in San Diego has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Surf and tides have diminished such that they are no longer hazardous. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1:05 PM PST | Freeze Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:05 PM PST | Freeze Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:05 PM PST | Hard Freeze Watch | SGX | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:05 PM PST | Hard Freeze Watch | SGX | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2020Every beach hazards statement in 2020
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.