Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jun 15, 2015, 1:46 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2015, 1:46 PM HST (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2015, 3:26 AM HST
- In force
- 14 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 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164 WWHW70 PHFO 152346 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 146 PM HST MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH WINDS ON THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA... .A JET STREAM ALOFT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE SUMMITS. HIZ028-161300- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.150615T2346Z-150616T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 146 PM HST MON JUN 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT. THESE HIGH WINDS CAN SLAM DOORS WITH GREAT FORCE... COLLAPSE TENTS AND BLOW AWAY LOOSE OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE AREA. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING DOORS. HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TO LOWER ELEVATIONS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ DONALDSON
1 follow-up statement
441 WWHW70 PHFO 161326 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 326 AM HST TUE JUN 16 2015 HIZ028-161430- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-150616T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 326 AM HST TUE JUN 16 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ON THE MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA SUMMITS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING TODAY. $$ JACOBSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:56 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Honolulu | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 5 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.