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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 23, 2014Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Jan 23, 2014, 3:31 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2014, 3:31 PM HST (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2014, 3:45 PM HST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Hawaii County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2014-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2014-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

011 
WWHW70 PHFO 240131
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
331 PM HST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINDS REMAIN STRONG OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

HIZ028-241445-
/O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0003.140124T0131Z-140124T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
331 PM HST THU JAN 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 60 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 70 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD
BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

BURKE
3 follow-up statements
427 
WWHW70 PHFO 241323
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
323 AM HST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG WINDS PERSIST OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

HIZ028-242200-
/O.EXT.PHFO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140124T2200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
323 AM HST FRI JAN 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 55 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 70
  MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON HST TODAY.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS
SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$
087 
WWHW70 PHFO 242002
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1002 AM HST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TO PERSIST TODAY...

HIZ028-250400-
/O.EXT.PHFO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
1002 AM HST FRI JAN 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 60 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 70 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS
SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$
WROE
681 
WWHW70 PHFO 250145
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
345 PM HST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE SUMMITS TONIGHT...

HIZ028-251445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.140125T0145Z-140125T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
345 PM HST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SATURDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 55 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING.

* TIMING...THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY 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.

&&

$$
WROE

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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.