Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2016, 3:48 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Mar 8, 2016, 6:00 PM HST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2016, 3:48 PM HST (01:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2016, 6:00 PM HST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 2:43 AM HST
- In force
- 9 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 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.8 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
512 WWHW70 PHFO 090148 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 348 PM HST TUE MAR 8 2016 HIZ028-091500- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.160309T0400Z-160310T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 348 PM HST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 55 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT THE SUMMITS. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWHW70 PHFO 091243 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 243 AM HST WED MAR 9 2016 HIZ028-100145- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160310T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0004.160309T1243Z-160310T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 243 AM HST WED MAR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT THE SUMMITS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ HIZ014>016-023>027-100145- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0014.160309T1243Z-160310T0400Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND- BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY...KAILUA-KONA... MILOLII...SOUTH POINT...PAHALA...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA... KAMUELA...WAIKOLOA...BRADSHAW FIELD...SADDLE ROAD ABOVE 5000 FEET 243 AM HST WED MAR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND KONA...THE KOHALA DISTRICT...AND NORTH KAU DISTRICT. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:27 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 21 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:43 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | Hawaii | 25 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:43 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 61 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.