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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Dec 12, 2016, 6:59 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 20 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
- Dec 12, 2016, 6:59 PM HST (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2016, 3:21 PM HST
- In force
- 20 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 05:00 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, 5.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
297 WWHW70 PHFO 130459 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 659 PM HST MON DEC 12 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .VERY STRONG WINDS THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. HIZ028-131800- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-161213T2200Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0007.161213T0459Z-161213T2200Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 659 PM HST MON DEC 12 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...RECENT SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
787 WWHW70 PHFO 131323 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 323 AM HST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... HIZ028-132200- /O.CON.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161213T2200Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 323 AM HST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH NOON HST TODAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...RECENT SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
346 WWHW70 PHFO 132113 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1113 AM HST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... HIZ028-141000- /O.EXT.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161214T1000Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 1113 AM HST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$ FOSTER
919 WWHW70 PHFO 140121 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 321 PM HST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH MIDNIGHT... HIZ028-141000- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161214T1000Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0032.161214T0121Z-161214T1000Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 321 PM HST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FOSTER
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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.