Alert archive / Hawaii / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Feb 4, 2006, 10:53 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2006, 10:53 PM HST (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2006, 5:29 PM HST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWHW70 PHFO 050853 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1053 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING ISSUED FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA... ...WIND ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL MAINTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ANYONE AT THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR BICYCLING ON ROADS AND HIKING ON TRAILS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ028-052100- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.060205T0853Z-060206T2000Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1053 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY AND ENDANGER PEOPLE. $$ HIZ022-052100- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 1053 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWHW70 PHFO 051954 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA... ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR KOHALA BIG ISLAND INTERIOR AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD COAST... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND...PARTICULARLY IN KOHALA. ANYONE AT THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR BICYCLING ON ROADS AND HIKING ON TRAILS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ028-060400- /O.EXT.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060206T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY AND ENDANGER PEOPLE. $$ HIZ025>027-060400- /O.EXB.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND TODAY...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS LEE OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS. $$ HIZ022-060800- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 060329 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUED FOR KOHALA BIG ISLAND INTERIOR AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD COAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND THROUGH MIDNIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN KOHALA...AND ACROSS THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH TONIGHT. ANYONE AT THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON ROADS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ028-061530- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060206T0400Z/ /O.EXB.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HIZ022-060430- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 30 MPH. $$ HIZ025>027-061000- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1000Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND THROUGH MIDNIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS LEE OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 4, 8:30 PM HST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 8:30 PM HST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 .SYNOPSIS... CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH LITTLE RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH MONDAY AS GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TURN TO TRADES. LEE AREAS WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. STRONG WINDS BLOWING OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS MAY REACH SEA LEVEL LOCALLY. A NEW FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AROUND WEDNESDAY. && .DISCUSSION... STABLE POST-FRONTAL CLOUD COVER PREVAILED AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. NORTHEAST WIND PILED UP THESE CLOUDS ALONG NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE ISLANDS...BUT THE INVERSION WAS EXTREMELY LOW...AND PRECIPITATION QUITE SPARSE. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE STATE PRODUCED A STEEP GRADIENT ACROSS THE ISLANDS...RESULTING IN STRONG WIND OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE REPORTS OF STRONG GUSTS NEAR SEA LEVEL AS WELL...MAINLY WHERE TOPOGRAPHY HELPED TO CREATE ROTORS AND CHANNEL THE WIND... STRONG STATIC STABILITY PREVENTED THE MOST POWERFUL SUSTAINED WIND FROM REACHING LOWER ELEVATIONS. BY BEGINNING OF THE COMING WEEK...MODELS SHOW THE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENING FURTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND BECOMING LODGED IN PLACE AS AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDS NORTHEAST OVER THE ISLANDS. THE RESULTING SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL ACT AS A BLOCK TO FURTHER UPPER-LEVEL FLOW THROUGH ABOUT MONDAY. THE GRADIENT AT UPPER LEVELS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE SUMMITS DURING THIS TIME. AT LOWER LEVELS...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK IN...GRADUALLY RETURNING THE PREVAILING WIND TO MORE TYPICAL TRADES. FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO START MOVING OFF TO THE EAST...ALLOWING THE GRADIENT AND WIND AT HIGHER LEVELS TO DIMINISH. CLOSER TO SEA LEVEL...THE WIND ALSO WILL WEAKEN AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPROACHING FRONT. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE ISLANDS AROUND WEDNESDAY. A POST-FRONTAL REGIME SIMILAR TO THE ONE AT PRESENT IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL FROM WEDNESDAY TO NEXT WEEKEND...WHEN YET ANOTHER FRONT MAY APPROACH. && .MARINE... LONG-PERIOD FORERUNNERS AT BUOY ONE INDICATE THAT AN ESPECIALLY LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL SOON REACH THE ISLANDS. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND WEST SHORES OF MOST ISLANDS. SEE THE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH- AND WEST-FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU... KAUAI...OAHU...AND MOLOKAI. HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH-FACING SHORES OF MAUI. HIGH SURF WARNING FOR WEST-FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH-FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND. WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMIT AREAS OF HALEAKALA...MAUNA LOA...AND MAUNA KEA. && RYSHKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 3:16 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Kalawao | 41 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.