Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 42, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 11, 2012, 10:26 AM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2012, 10:26 AM HST (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2012, 6:00 PM HST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI
The radar
The Kamuela/Kohala Apt radar (PHKM), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
726 WWHW70 PHFO 112026 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1026 AM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 .STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS TO IMPACT THE WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIZ025-026-120400- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0042.121211T2026Z-121212T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA...KAMUELA... WAIKOLOA 1026 AM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR THE WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 45 MPH IN THE AREA IN AND AROUND WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
915 WWHW70 PHFO 112051 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1051 AM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 .STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS TO BRING ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TO THE WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA CORRIDOR...AROUND UPOLU POINT...AROUND SOUTH POINT AND OVER KAHOOLAWE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIZ016-024-120400- /O.EXA.PHFO.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121212T0400Z/ KAHOOLAWE-SOUTH BIG ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH POINT...PAHALA 1051 AM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 45 MPH NEAR SOUTH POINT AND OVER KAHOOLAWE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HIZ025-026-120400- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121212T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA...KAMUELA... WAIKOLOA 1051 AM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 45 MPH NEAR UPOLU POINT AND THE WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA AREAS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
994 WWHW70 PHFO 120129 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 329 PM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE AREAS NEAR UPOLU POINT...SOUTH POINT...WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA AND KAHOOLAWE... .....WIND ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE AREAS NEAR UPOLU POINT...SOUTH POINT...WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA...SADDLE AREA OF THE BIG ISLAND AND KAHOOLAWE... .STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS TO BRING ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TO THE WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA CORRIDOR...AROUND UPOLU POINT...AROUND SOUTH POINT AND OVER KAHOOLAWE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY MIDDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...WINDS WILL ALSO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE SADDLE AREA OF THE BIG ISLAND. HIZ016-024>026-121430- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0043.121212T2200Z-121213T0400Z/ /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121212T0400Z/ KAHOOLAWE-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH POINT...PAHALA...HILO...VOLCANO... HONOKAA...KAMUELA...WAIKOLOA 329 PM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING OVER THE AREAS NEAR UPOLU POINT...SOUTH POINT...WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA AND KAHOOLAWE... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY OVER THE AREAS NEAR UPOLU POINT...SOUTH POINT...WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA AND KAHOOLAWE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 45 MPH OVER THE AREAS NEAR UPOLU POINT...SOUTH POINT...WAIKOLOA TO KAMUELA AND KAHOOLAWE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT...AND THEN INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ HIZ027-121430- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0043.121212T2200Z-121213T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRADSHAW FIELD... SADDLE ROAD ABOVE 5000 FEET 329 PM HST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY OVER THE SADDLE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SADDLE AREA OF THE BIG ISLAND. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 7:14 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kalawao | 12 days |
| Dec 11, 3:41 AM HST | Red Flag Warning | HFO | 12 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.