Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Jan 9, 2005, 12:55 AM HST (10:55 UTC)

Expired

Jan 9, 2005, 2:00 AM HST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Whole counties

County Honolulu County, HI

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WUHW50 PHFO 091055
SVRHFO
HIC003-091200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1254 AM HST SUN JAN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY

* UNTIL 200 AM HST

* AT 1251 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 29 MILES EAST OF KANEOHE STATION TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BARBERS POINT HOUSING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 39 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AINA HAINA...KULIOUOU AND NIU VALLEY BY 100 AM HST
  HAWAII KAI AND PORTLOCK BY 105 AM 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 2129 15791 2129 15811 2145 15822 2163 15776
      2155 15773 2149 15771 2130 15762 2127 15769
      2127 15773 2127 15780

$$

FARRELL

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 8, 8:30 PM HST, 4 hours 25 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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