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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Jun 4, 2012, 3:40 AM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 4, 2012, 3:40 AM HST (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 3:34 PM HST
- In force
- 12 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 13:41 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 12:00Z, 1.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
837 WWHW70 PHFO 041340 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 340 AM HST MON JUN 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS FOR MAUI AND BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .OVERVIEW...A LOW IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE APPROACHING THE ISLANDS FROM THE EAST IS INCREASING WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA... MAUNA LOA...AND ESPECIALLY HALEAKALA. HIZ022-050245- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120604T1600Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0004.120604T1340Z-120605T0400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 340 AM HST MON JUN 4 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...EAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. && $$ HIZ028-050245- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120605T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 340 AM HST MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE DRIVE CAREFULLY IN THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
081 WWHW70 PHFO 050134 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 334 PM HST MON JUN 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS FOR MAUI AND BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .OVERVIEW...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING THE STATE FROM THE EAST WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA...MAUNA LOA...AND HALEAKALA. HIZ022-051445- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120605T0400Z/ /O.EXB.PHFO.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120605T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 334 PM HST MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...EAST TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE DRIVE CAREFULLY IN THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$ HIZ028-051445- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120605T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 334 PM HST MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST TUESDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE DRIVE CAREFULLY IN THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
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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.