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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 4, 2014Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2014, 3:38 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2014, 3:38 AM HST (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2014, 9:16 AM HST
In force
6 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 13:40 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, 1.6 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 12:00Z on 2014-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2014-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 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.

362 
WWHW70 PHFO 041338
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
338 AM HST TUE MAR 4 2014


HIZ028-042200-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140304T1600Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.140304T1338Z-140304T2200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
338 AM HST TUE MAR 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY. 

* WINDS...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY INDICATES STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

HOUSTON
1 follow-up statement
487 
WWHW70 PHFO 041916
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
916 AM HST TUE MAR 4 2014

...STRONG WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS HAVE SUBSIDED...

HIZ028-042030-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140304T2200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
916 AM HST TUE MAR 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

LAU

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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.