Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Jan 8, 2005, 9:00 PM HST (07:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 2005, 10:00 PM HST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Whole counties

County Kauai County, HI

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WUHW50 PHFO 090700
SVRHFO
HIC007-090800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
859 PM HST SAT JAN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY

* UNTIL 1000 PM HST

* AT 857 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEKAHA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST 
  OF KALALAU VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAIMEA BY 905 PM HST
  PORT ALLEN AND HANAPEPE BY 915 PM HST
  KALAHEO BY 925 PM HST
  KOLOA BY 930 PM HST
  KIPU FALLS BY 935 PM HST
  8 MILES SOUTH OF LIHUE BY 945 PM HST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 2157 15995 2152 15928 2235 15927 2232 15993

$$

FARRELL

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 8, 8:30 PM HST, 30 minutes earlier.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST SAT JAN 8 2005

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
SEVERE...WILL PASS OVER KAUAI TONIGHT. THE FRONT WITH POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH OAHU IN THE EARLY MORNING...THEN MOVE
DOEN THE ISLAND CHAIN TO EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND BY MONDAY. SUNNY AND
DRY WEATHER WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
AN APPARANT DOUBLE COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING KAUAI FROM THE WEST. A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...IS ABOUT 45 MILES WEST
OF BARKING SANDS AT 800 PM AND MOVING EASTWARD AT SOME 40 MPH. SOME
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME MAY CONTAIN HAIL. THE SECOND
COLD FRONT IS STILL OVER 375 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND IS
MARKED BY LINES OF SHOWERS. THESE TWO FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO
MERGE...AS THE FIRST ONE...MUCH STRONGER THAN THE SECOND...
DOMINATES. THESE FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN
OVERNIGHT AND ON SUNDAY...REACHING THE BIG ISLAND ON SUNDAY. THE
STRONG CONVECTION NOW JUST WEST OF KAUAI IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS
THE FRONT MOVES DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN. HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY
FRONTAL FEATURES...BUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL BE MOVING ALONG AT A
DECENT CLIP...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER IS
FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK...ONCE THE FRONT MOVES AWAY FROM THE BIG
ISLAND.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR KAUAI

&&

FARRELL

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