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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS San Diego, CA

February 15, 2022Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 15, 2022, 5:36 PM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 15, 2022, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2022, 5:36 PM PST (01:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2022, 6:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 15, 2022, 11:00 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 01:37 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 00:00Z, 1.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2022-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

156 
WHUS46 KSGX 160136
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
536 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING POSSIBLE
THROUGH 900 PM...

CAZ552-160500-
/O.NEW.KSGX.BH.S.0003.220216T0200Z-220216T0500Z/
Orange County Coastal Areas-
536 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Cloud-to-ground lightning expected due to showers and
  thunderstorms moving along the coast.

* WHERE...Orange County Beaches.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

BA
4 follow-up statements
001 
WHUS46 KSGX 160255
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
655 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING POSSIBLE
THROUGH 10 PM...

CAZ043-160500-
/O.EXB.KSGX.BH.S.0003.220216T0300Z-220216T0600Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
655 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Cloud-to-ground lightning expected due to showers and
  thunderstorms moving along the coast.

* WHERE...San Diego County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM PST this evening for San Diego County 
  Beaches.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

CAZ552-160500-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220216T0500Z/
Orange County Coastal Areas-
655 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

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

* WHAT...Cloud-to-ground lightning expected due to showers and 
  thunderstorms moving along the coast.

* WHERE...Orange County Beaches.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
262 
WHUS46 KSGX 160425
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
825 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

CAZ552-160530-
/O.CAN.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220216T0500Z/
Orange County Coastal Areas-
825 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

Thunderstorms have moved away from the Orange County Coast, and so
the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled early.

$$

CAZ043-160600-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220216T0600Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
825 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Cloud-to-ground lightning expected due to showers and 
  thunderstorms moving along the coast.

* WHERE...San Diego County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM PST this evening for San Diego County 
  Beaches.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
514 
WHUS46 KSGX 160546
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
946 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

CAZ043-160700-
/O.EXT.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220216T0700Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
946 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Cloud-to-ground lightning expected due to showers and 
  thunderstorms moving along the coast.

* WHERE...San Diego County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

BA
045 
WHUS46 KSGX 160655
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1055 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

CAZ043-160800-
/O.EXP.KSGX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220216T0700Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
1055 PM PST Tue Feb 15 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

Thunderstorms have moved south and into Mexico and the lightning
threat at the beaches has diminished.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 2:35 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego36 hr

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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.