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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

May 23, 2021Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this beach hazards statement at May 23, 2021, 11:07 AM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2021, 11:07 AM PDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2021, 9:00 PM PDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

County Los Angeles County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

466 
WHUS46 KLOX 231807
CFWLOX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
1107 AM PDT Sun May 23 2021

CAZ034-035-240215-
/O.EXP.KLOX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210523T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0007.210523T1807Z-210524T0400Z/
San Luis Obispo County Central Coast-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast-
1107 AM PDT Sun May 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to elevated
  surf of 4 to 7 feet.

* WHERE...San Luis Obispo County Central Coast and Santa Barbara 
  County Central Coast.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip 
  currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can 
  wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats 
  nearshore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

&&

$$

CAZ040-041-087-240215-
/O.EXP.KLOX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210523T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.BH.S.0007.210523T1807Z-210524T0400Z/
Ventura County Coast-
Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles-
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-
1107 AM PDT Sun May 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to elevated
  surf of 3 to 6 feet.

* WHERE...Ventura County Coast, Los Angeles County Coast and 
  Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip 
  currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can 
  wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats 
  nearshore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

&&

$$
Kj
2 follow-up statements
394 
WHUS46 KLOX 232128
CFWLOX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
228 PM PDT Sun May 23 2021

CAZ034-035-240400-
/O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210524T0400Z/
San Luis Obispo County Central Coast-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast-
228 PM PDT Sun May 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to 
  elevated surf of 4 to 7 feet.

* WHERE...San Luis Obispo County Central Coast and Santa Barbara 
  County Central Coast.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip 
  currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can 
  wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats 
  nearshore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

&&

$$

CAZ040-041-087-240400-
/O.CON.KLOX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210524T0400Z/
Ventura County Coast-
Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles-
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-
228 PM PDT Sun May 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to 
  elevated surf of 3 to 6 feet.

* WHERE...Ventura County Coast, Los Angeles County Coast and 
  Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip 
  currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can 
  wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats 
  nearshore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

&&

$$
Kj
157 
WHUS46 KLOX 240402
CFWLOX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
902 PM PDT Sun May 23 2021

CAZ034-035-040-041-087-240515-
/O.EXP.KLOX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210524T0400Z/
San Luis Obispo County Central Coast-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast-Ventura County Coast-
Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles-
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-
902 PM PDT Sun May 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

The southerly swell will remain, but has lowered some while the
periods have shortened. Rip currents are still be possible. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 3:20 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX41 hr
May 23, 3:32 AM PDTWind AdvisoryLOX23 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021

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.