Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2011, 9:52 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2011, 9:52 AM HST (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2011, 3:34 PM HST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The radar
The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WWHW70 PHFO 151952 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 952 AM HST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF WINDWARD AND INTERIOR BIG ISLAND...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH...AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST. HIZ025-027-160400- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.110215T1952Z-110216T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 952 AM HST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ BIRCHARD
1 follow-up statement
077 WWHW70 PHFO 160134 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 334 PM HST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HIZ025-027-160245- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110216T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 334 PM HST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BUT WILL REMAIN LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING.. $$ BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:57 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Honolulu | 102 min |
| Feb 15, 10:13 AM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 54 hr |
Nearby
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.