Alert archive / Hawaii / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Feb 25, 2014, 5:12 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 25, 2014, 6:00 PM HST. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 25, 2014, 5:12 PM HST (03:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2014, 6:00 PM HST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2014, 5:38 PM HST
- In force
- 24 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 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 3.2 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938 WWHW70 PHFO 260312 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 512 PM HST TUE FEB 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG JET ALOFT WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS...BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE JET IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THUS THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. HIZ028-261600- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140226T1600Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0007.140226T0400Z-140226T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 512 PM HST TUE FEB 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST 45 TO 65 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 75 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ BIRCHARD
2 follow-up statements
175 WWHW70 PHFO 261337 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 337 AM HST WED FEB 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH 6 PM HST... .A STRONG JET ALOFT WILL REMAIN NEAR THE STATE TODAY...BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. THE JET IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT BY TONIGHT. HIZ028-270400- /O.EXT.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 337 AM HST WED FEB 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 45 TO 65 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 75 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS...TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ JACOBSON
513 WWHW70 PHFO 270338 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 538 PM HST WED FEB 26 2014 ...SUMMIT WINDS ON THE DECLINE BUT REMAIN STRONG... .SUMMIT WINDS ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. THE DECLINE IN WINDS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE NORTH AND WINDS BEGIN TO SHIFT TOWARD THE EAST. HIZ028-271600- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0011.140227T0338Z-140227T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 538 PM HST WED FEB 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 45 TO 55 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT...WITH STRONGEST WINDS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:34 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Hawaii, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014
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.