Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2012, 3:44 AM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2012, 3:44 AM HST (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:31 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 13:44 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WWHW70 PHFO 171344 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 344 AM HST SAT MAR 17 2012 HIZ028-171445- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120318T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 344 AM HST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ON TOP OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA HAVE DIMINISHED AND A WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED. $$ HIZ022-180245- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0014.120317T1344Z-120318T0400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 344 AM HST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR THE HALEAKALA SUMMIT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
802 WWHW70 PHFO 180106 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 306 PM HST SAT MAR 17 2012 HIZ022-181415- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120318T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 306 PM HST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN 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. && $$
575 WWHW70 PHFO 181331 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 331 AM HST SUN MAR 18 2012 HIZ022-182000- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120318T2000Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0015.120318T1400Z-120318T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 331 AM HST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FOSTER
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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.