Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2016, 3:41 AM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:41 AM HST (13:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:34 PM HST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI
The radar
The Kamuela/Kohala Apt radar (PHKM), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
461 WWHW70 PHFO 071341 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 341 AM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY...IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIZ028-080245- /O.CON.PHFO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 341 AM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 55 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS WILL BE DANGEROUS...AND DAMAGE TO DOORS IS POSSIBLE WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 65 MPH. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IS DISCOURAGED. && $$ HIZ014>016-080245- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.160207T1341Z-160208T0600Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY 341 AM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND...AND SHOULD BE SECURED BEFORE WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HIZ025-026-080245- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.160207T1800Z-160208T0600Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA...KAMUELA... WAIKOLOA 341 AM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM HST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING DURING THE MORNING...THEN AT ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND IN THE SOUTH KOHALA AREA... INCLUDING KAWAIHAE...WAIKOLOA AND WAIMEA. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM HILO SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE PUNA DISTRICT. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. SOME WEAKER TREE SPECIES SUCH AS ALBIZIA MAY SHED BRANCHES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RARELY SEE STRONG WINDS. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND...AND SHOULD BE SECURED BEFORE WINDS INCREASE. 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. && $$ JACOBSON
1 follow-up statement
197 WWHW70 PHFO 080134 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 334 PM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIZ014>016-025-026-080245- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160208T0600Z/ LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST- KOHALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY...HILO...VOLCANO... HONOKAA...KAMUELA...WAIKOLOA 334 PM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ HIZ028-081445- /O.CON.PHFO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 334 PM HST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 55 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS WILL BE DANGEROUS...AND DAMAGE TO DOORS IS POSSIBLE WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 65 MPH. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IS DISCOURAGED. && $$ MORRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 48 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.