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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS San Diego, CA

December 24, 2021Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 24, 2021, 6:14 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Dec 24, 2021, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 75 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2021, 6:14 AM PST (14:14 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2021, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 24, 2021, 8:15 AM PST
In force
75 min
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 14:15 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, 2.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2021-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

582 
WHUS46 KSGX 241414
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
614 AM PST Fri Dec 24 2021

CAZ043-552-241700-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0018.211224T1500Z-211224T1700Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas-
614 AM PST Fri Dec 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Thunderstorms will be possible across the beaches this
  morning. A broken line of thunderstorms will move from west to
  east through 9 AM.

* WHERE...San Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County 
  Coastal Areas.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM PST this morning.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Thunderstorms with cloud to beach strikes
  are a deadly risk to beach goers. Seek immediate shelter when
  thunderstorms are a threat.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Schenk
1 follow-up statement
424 
WHUS46 KSGX 241615
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
815 AM PST Fri Dec 24 2021

CAZ043-552-241715-
/O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-211224T1700Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas-
815 AM PST Fri Dec 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Thunderstorms have ended along the coast and are no longer
expected at the beaches this morning.

$$

Schenk

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 5:29 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Dec 23, 8:01 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange7 hr
Dec 23, 8:20 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino7 hr
Dec 23, 9:31 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Dec 23, 10:03 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino14 hr
Dec 24, 1:17 AM PSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSGXRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Dec 24, 2:26 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Dec 24, 7:07 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego2 hr
Dec 24, 7:31 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego90 min
Dec 24, 12:00 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino9 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.