Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 24, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at May 31, 2012, 12:08 PM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2012, 12:08 PM HST (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 6:33 PM HST
- In force
- 6 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 22:07 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, 10.1 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
799 WWHW70 PHFO 312208 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1208 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS ACROSS LANAI... HIZ014-015-010400- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0024.120531T2208Z-120601T0400Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 1208 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...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. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ CRAIG
2 follow-up statements
385 WWHW70 PHFO 010144 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 344 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS ACROSS LANAI... HIZ014-015-010600- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120601T0600Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 344 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CRAIG
221 WWHW70 PHFO 010433 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 633 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...WINDS DECREASED ACROSS LANAI BUT INCREASED ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... HIZ014-015-010545- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120601T0600Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 633 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLD ON LANAI. THE WIND ADVISORY IS THEREFORE CANCELLED. $$ HIZ028-011745- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0025.120601T0433Z-120602T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 633 PM HST THU MAY 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ POWELL
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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.