Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2012, 3:29 AM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2012, 3:29 AM HST (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 3:40 AM HST
- In force
- 24 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 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876 WWHW70 PHFO 151329 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 329 AM HST THU MAR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT... .STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE STATE HAS RESULTED IN THE STRENGTHENING OF THE TRADE WINDS AT THE SUMMIT LEVEL OF HALEAKALA. THIS BLUSTERY CONDITION WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. HIZ022-160230- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0012.120315T1329Z-120317T0400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 329 AM HST THU MAR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY TRADES WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAU
2 follow-up statements
271 WWHW70 PHFO 160133 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 333 PM HST THU MAR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT... .STRONG EASTERLY TRADE WINDS WILL AFFECT HALEAKALA SUMMIT. HIZ022-161445- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120317T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 333 PM HST THU MAR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY TRADES WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DEJESUS
715 WWHW70 PHFO 161340 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 340 AM HST FRI MAR 16 2012 HIZ022-161445- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120317T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 340 AM HST FRI MAR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...AND A WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED. $$ CRAIG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:30 AM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 3 days |
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.