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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 28, 2016Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Mar 28, 2016, 4:45 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 11 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
Mar 28, 2016, 4:45 PM HST (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2016, 3:33 AM HST
In force
11 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 02:48 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, 2.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

959 
WWHW70 PHFO 290245
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
445 PM HST MON MAR 28 2016

HIZ028-291545-
/O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0005.160329T0245Z-160330T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
445 PM HST MON MAR 28 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TUESDAY...

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THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICURLY IN HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
598 
WWHW70 PHFO 291333
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
333 AM HST TUE MAR 29 2016

HIZ028-300245-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160330T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0018.160329T1333Z-160330T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
333 AM HST TUE MAR 29 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. STRONGEST
  WINDS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 12 THOUSAND FEET.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$

JACOBSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 3:30 PM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO3 days
Mar 29, 3:32 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao48 hr
Mar 29, 3:33 AM HSTWind AdvisoryHFOHawaii12 hr

Nearby

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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.