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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 29, 2021, 11:42 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2021, 11:42 AM PST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2021, 5:00 PM PST
- In force
- 5 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 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
575 WHUS46 KSGX 291942 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 1142 AM PST Fri Jan 29 2021 CAZ043-552-300100- /O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0002.210129T1942Z-210130T0100Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 1142 AM PST Fri Jan 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a Beach Hazards Statement...which is in effect until 5 PM PST this afternoon. * Lightning...Scattered thunderstorms will occur through 5 PM over the coastal waters, and these will move onto some of the beaches in Orange and San Diego County. Lightning will be the primary threat from these storms. 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. && $$ Maxwell
1 follow-up statement
812 WHUS46 KSGX 300047 CFWSGX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 447 PM PST Fri Jan 29 2021 CAZ043-552-300200- /O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210130T0100Z/ San Diego County Coastal Areas-Orange County Coastal Areas- 447 PM PST Fri Jan 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... Thunderstorms have dissipated or moved to the east and are no longer a threat at the beaches. $$ https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 9:32 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:16 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:34 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:21 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 39 min |
| Jan 29, 2:12 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 33 min |
| Jan 29, 3:35 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 2 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.