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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI
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.
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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.
- 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
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HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TUESDAY...REPLACING THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:30 PM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 3 days | |
| Mar 29, 3:32 AM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 48 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:33 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 12 hr |
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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.