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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 24, 2016Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Feb 24, 2016, 9:57 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 6 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 24, 2016, 9:57 PM HST (07:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2016, 3:42 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 07:56 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, 8.0 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 2016-02-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

808 
WWHW70 PHFO 250757
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
957 PM HST WED FEB 24 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE
HIGH SUMMITS ON THE BIG ISLAND.

HIZ028-251600-
/O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160225T1600Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0003.160225T0757Z-160225T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
957 PM HST WED FEB 24 2016

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM HST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED
  WINDS OF AT LEAST 56 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 66 MPH...ARE
  EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED
TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

&&

$$
POWELL
1 follow-up statement
479 
WWHW70 PHFO 251342
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
342 AM HST THU FEB 25 2016


HIZ028-251445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160225T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
342 AM HST THU FEB 25 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS AT THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS HAVE DECREASED TO 45 MPH OR LESS
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECREASING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS THEREFORE CANCELLED.

$$

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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.