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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2014, 2:41 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2014, 2:41 AM HST (12:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2014, 9:16 AM HST
- In force
- 7 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 12:44 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 12:00Z, 0.7 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WWHW70 PHFO 251241 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 241 AM HST THU DEC 25 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL KEEP BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS AT SUMMIT ELEVATIONS THROUGH TODAY. HIZ028-260200- /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0013.141225T1241Z-141226T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 241 AM HST THU DEC 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 40 TO 60 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CAN MAKE TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ REYNES
1 follow-up statement
568 WWHW70 PHFO 251916 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 916 AM HST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .WINDS CONTINUE TO EASE OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THIS MORNING...THOUGH WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO REACH THE ADVISORY LEVEL THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIZ028-260400- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141226T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0035.141225T1916Z-141226T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 916 AM HST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 6:55 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Honolulu | 2 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:16 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 6 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.