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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Honolulu, HI

August 19, 2012Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Aug 19, 2012, 11:34 PM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2012, 11:34 PM HST (09:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2012, 3:36 AM HST
In force
4 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 09:35 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 00:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2012-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2012-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

198 
WWHW70 PHFO 200934
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1134 PM HST SUN AUG 19 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AT HALEAKALA SUMMIT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...

HIZ022-210400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0035.120820T0934Z-120821T0400Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET
1134 PM HST SUN AUG 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY. 

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
743 
WWHW70 PHFO 201336
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
336 AM HST MON AUG 20 2012

...WINDS AT THE HALEAKALA SUMMIT HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS...

HIZ022-201445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-120821T0400Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET
336 AM HST MON AUG 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

THE WINDS ATOP HALEAKALA SUMMIT HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS. 


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:08 PM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO20 hr
Aug 20, 6:29 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr

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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.