Alert archive / Hawaii / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this red flag warning at Oct 5, 2011, 9:53 AM HST. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 5, 2011, 9:53 AM HST (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2011, 3:31 PM HST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WWHW80 PHFO 051953 RFWHFO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 953 AM HST WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LEEWARD AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY CONDITIONS AND BREEZY TRADE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. HIZ002-003-005>007-009-010-013-014-018-019-021-023-024-026-027- 060400- /O.NEW.PHFO.FW.W.0002.111005T1953Z-111006T0400Z/ KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST- OAHU NORTH SHORE-OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI- MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 953 AM HST WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...LEEWARD SECTIONS OF ALL ISLANDS. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...40 TO 45 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING DOES NOT PREDICT NEW FIRE STARTS. && $$ DEJESUS
1 follow-up statement
107 WWHW80 PHFO 060131 RFWHFO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 331 PM HST WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... .THE THREAT OF RAPID FIRE GROWTH HAS DECREASED. HIZ002-003-005>007-009-010-013-014-018-019-021-023-024-026-027- 060245- /O.CAN.PHFO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111006T0400Z/ KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST- OAHU NORTH SHORE-OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI- MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 331 PM HST WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY NO LONGER MEET WARNING CRITERIA. $$ DEJESUS
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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.