Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 30, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 5, 2016, 11:08 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2016, 11:08 AM HST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2016, 3:41 AM HST
- In force
- 17 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 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
437 WWHW70 PHFO 052108 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1108 AM HST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA... HIZ028-060400- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0030.161205T2108Z-161206T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 1108 AM HST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM 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 THIS EVENING * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SLAM DOORS OPEN OR SHUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TO THE AREA, USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND BE CAREFUL OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS. && $$ DONALDSON
2 follow-up statements
714 WWHW70 PHFO 060131 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 331 PM HST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA... HIZ028-061445- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-161206T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 331 PM HST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SLAM DOORS OPEN OR SHUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TO THE AREA...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND BE CAREFUL OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS. && $$ DONALDSON
484 WWHW70 PHFO 061341 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 341 AM HST TUE DEC 6 2016 HIZ028-061445- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-161206T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 341 AM HST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2:12 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Honolulu | 3 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:49 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:11 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | Hawaii, Kalawao | 13 hr |
| Dec 5, 4:03 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
| Dec 5, 7:01 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 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.