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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 24, 2006Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2006, 4:23 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2006, 4:23 PM HST (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2006, 4:59 PM HST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hawaii County, HI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 21, 3:05 PM HSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC31 days

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 24, 4:00 PM HST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:00 PM HST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 PM HST FRI MAR 24 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A MOSTLY NICE
 DAY TOMORROW. THE BASIC WET PATTERN TO REMAIN WITH US THRU NEXT
 WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...AFTER THIS MORNINGS ARRIVAL OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
 NEAR KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND TODAY TURNED OUT TO BE A NICE ALBEIT A
 WARM ONE. HOWEVER RECENT MODELS HAVE MAINTAINED OUR NEMESIS...THE
 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEST OF THE STATE. JUDGING FROM VARIOUS MODELS
 THE NEXT WORRISOME SHORT WAVE IMPULSE ARRIVES LATE SUNDAY/MONDAY.
 THERE ARE STILL INDIVIDUAL  THUNDERSTORM CELLS TO THE SOUTHWEST
 WHOSE ARRIVALS WOULD BE AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING. SATURDAY STILL
 LOOKS TO BE MUCH LIKE TODAY...A DAY DRIER THAN MANY OF THOSE THIS
 PAST FEW WEEKS. THE FINAL HOORAY IS STILL NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH
 WHEN TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 FLASH FLOOD WATCH...ALL ISLANDS...THRU SATURDAY NIGHT.
 WIND ADVISORY...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...THRU EARLY SATURDAY.

&&

MATSUDA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 10:46 AM HST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1046 AM HST FRI MAR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 PM     TORNADO          KAUMALAPAU HARBOR       20.79N 156.99W
03/23/2006                   MAUI               HI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO AT KAUMALAPAU HARBOR ON LANAI. DAMAGED A SMALL
            BUILDING AND AN ADJACENT 10X10 TRAILER. EMPTY CARGO
            CONTAINERS SCATTERED ABOUT. TOP OF POWER POLE BROKEN OFF.
            NO INJURIES.

0935 AM     HAIL             KEALAKEKUA              19.52N 155.92W
03/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       HAWAII             HI   PUBLIC

            BANK OF HAWAII EMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
            WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH.

0935 AM     HAIL             CAPTAIN COOK            19.50N 155.92W
03/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       HAWAII             HI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POLICE REPORTED HAIL FROM THE SIZE OF DIMES TO QUARTERS

0940 AM     LIGHTNING        KAILUA-KONA             19.64N 155.99W
03/24/2006                   HAWAII             HI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE KAILUA-KONA TOWN AREA.
            NO REPORTED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE

&&

NASH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 6:11 PM HSTMarine Weather StatementHFO109 min
Mar 25, 3:22 AM HSTWinter Storm WatchHFOHawaii49 hr
Mar 25, 1:04 PM HSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHFOHawaii41 min

Nearby

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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.