Beach Hazards Statement
NWS Eureka CA ยท US
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Details
Beach Hazards Statement In Effect From Late Saturday Night Through Monday Afternoon
- Event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Increased threat of sneaker waves expected.
Where
Coastal Del Norte, Northern Coastal Humboldt, Southwestern Humboldt and Coastal Mendocino Counties.
When
From late Saturday night through Monday afternoon. .
Impacts
Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath.
Instructions
Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean.
Affected areas
- Coastal Del Norte
- Northern Coastal Humboldt
- Southwestern Humboldt
- Coastal Mendocino
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Eureka CA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M4H0N4261HQBH35DRDF2ZTK4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e8e77c805b72a3ba597e28567477acec31769e0a.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Eureka CA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPEKA
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1928
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | BHS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWEKA |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS46 KEKA 091900 |
| NWSheadline | BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0012.261011T1100Z-261013T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-12T17:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Del Norte
- Northern Coastal Humboldt
- Southwestern Humboldt
- Coastal Mendocino
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006015 |
| SAME | 006023 |
| SAME | 006045 |
| UGC | CAZ101 |
| UGC | CAZ103 |
| UGC | CAZ104 |
| UGC | CAZ109 |