Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 10:16 AM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 10:16 AM HST (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2012, 3:36 AM HST
- In force
- 17 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 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398 WWHW70 PHFO 082016 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1016 AM HST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR LANAI THROUGH TONIGHT... .GUSTY NORTHEAST TRADES WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED STRONG WINDS ACROSS LANAI. HIZ014-015-090930- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.120308T2016Z-120309T1400Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 1016 AM HST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST FRIDAY. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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. && $$ DEJESUS
2 follow-up statements
882 WWHW70 PHFO 090107 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 307 PM HST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR LANAI THROUGH TONIGHT... .GUSTY NORTHEAST TRADES WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED STRONG WINDS ACROSS LANAI. HIZ014-015-091400- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120309T1400Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 307 PM HST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DE JESUS/LAU
093 WWHW70 PHFO 091336 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 336 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 HIZ014-015-091445- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120309T1400Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 336 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CONDITIONS...BUT EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN STRONG TODAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE CHANCE FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:23 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:01 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:38 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:33 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 117 min | |
| Mar 8, 9:22 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 42 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:59 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:41 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:17 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 3 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.