Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Feb 3, 2014, 1:46 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 3, 2014, 2:00 AM HST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2014, 1:46 AM HST (11:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2014, 2:00 AM HST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2014, 3:33 AM HST
- In force
- 26 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 11:46 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, 11.8 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
344 WWHW70 PHFO 031146 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 146 AM HST MON FEB 3 2014 ...STRONG WINDS HAVE RETURNED TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... HIZ028-032200- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.140203T1200Z-140203T2200Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 146 AM HST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
897 WWHW70 PHFO 032000 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1000 AM HST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... HIZ028-040900- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140205T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 1000 AM HST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DEJESUS
995 WWHW70 PHFO 040114 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 314 PM HST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... HIZ028-041415- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140205T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 314 PM HST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THEN HOLD AT ELEVATED LEVELS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DEJESUS
679 WWHW70 PHFO 041333 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 333 AM HST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...SUMMIT WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED... HIZ028-041445- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140205T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 333 AM HST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY LIGHT TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:44 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 29 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.