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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 16, 2011Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2011, 8:14 PM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2011, 8:14 PM HST (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2011, 10:19 PM HST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Kalawao County, HI

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2011-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2011-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

242 
WWHW70 PHFO 170614
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
814 PM HST SUN JAN 16 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...

.SURFACE AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS AFFECTING MOLOKAI AND LANAI ASSOCIATED WITH A
PASSING FRONT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE
EVENING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

HIZ001>011-170715-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110117T1000Z/
NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS-
OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-
OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-
814 PM HST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED.

$$

HIZ012>015-171000-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0007.110117T0614Z-110117T1000Z/
MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-
814 PM HST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT. 

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

WROE
1 follow-up statement
939 
WWHW70 PHFO 170819
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1019 PM HST SUN JAN 16 2011


HIZ012>015-170930-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110117T1000Z/
MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-
1019 PM HST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

GUSTY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED.

$$
WROE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 2:37 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO113 min
Jan 16, 2:45 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO62 min
Jan 16, 4:03 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO57 min
Jan 16, 5:11 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO72 min
Jan 16, 5:42 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu103 min
Jan 16, 5:56 PM HSTWind AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kauai2 hr
Jan 16, 7:11 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO64 min
Jan 16, 8:09 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO53 min
Jan 16, 10:19 PM HSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHFOHawaii10 hr
Jan 17, 8:02 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.