Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 41, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2012, 9:32 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2012, 9:32 AM HST (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 2:54 PM HST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The radar
The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
811 WWHW70 PHFO 101932 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 932 AM HST MON DEC 10 2012 ...STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS TO IMPACT THE WAIK0LOA TO KAMUELA CORRIDOR INTO THIS EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE STATE IS STRENGTHENING TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE RIDGE...ALONG WITH LOCAL TERRAIN INFLUENCES...WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. HIZ025-026-110800- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0041.121210T1932Z-121211T0800Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA...KAMUELA... WAIKOLOA 932 AM HST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 45 MPH FROM WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA. * TIMING...THROUGH 10PM 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 SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
960 WWHW70 PHFO 110054 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 254 PM HST MON DEC 10 2012 HIZ025-026-110200- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-121211T0800Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA...KAMUELA... WAIKOLOA 254 PM HST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS IN THE AFFECTED AREA HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:58 AM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 13 days | |
| Dec 10, 12:25 PM HST | Red Flag Warning | HFO | 4 hr |
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.