Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2012, 11:59 AM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2012, 11:59 AM HST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2012, 3:10 AM HST
- In force
- 15 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 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404 WWHW70 PHFO 152159 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1159 AM HST WED FEB 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IMPACTING THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... HIZ022-161200- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.120215T2159Z-120216T1400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 1159 AM HST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG SUMMIT ROAD...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
171 WWHW70 PHFO 160122 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 322 PM HST WED FEB 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IMPACTING THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... HIZ022-161400- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120216T1400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 322 PM HST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ALONG SUMMIT ROAD...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
196 WWHW70 PHFO 161310 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 310 AM HST THU FEB 16 2012 ...HALEAKALA SUMMITS WINDS DIMINISHING... HIZ022-161415- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120216T1400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET 310 AM HST THU FEB 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. OBSERVATIONS REPORTED REDUCED WINDS OVER HALEAKALA SUMMIT THIS MORNING AND WILL CANCEL THE ADVISORY AS A RESULT. EXPECTING WINDS TO PICK UP AGAIN TONIGHT AS TRADE WINDS STRENGTHEN...AND MAY HAVE TO RAISE ANOTHER ADVISORY FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT. $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:30 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 72 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:34 AM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 9 days |
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.