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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 13, 2021Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2021, 3:58 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 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
Feb 13, 2021, 3:58 AM HST (13:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2021, 3:33 PM HST
In force
12 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 14:01 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 12:00Z, 2.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2021-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2021-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

796 
WWHW70 PHFO 131358 CCA
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
358 AM HST Sat Feb 13 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
PM HST THIS EVENING...

HIZ028-140300-
/O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210213T1600Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.210213T1358Z-210214T0400Z/
Big Island Summits-
Including the city of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea Above 8000 feet
358 AM HST Sat Feb 13 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 55 to 65 mph with localized gusts up to 
  75 mph.

* WHERE...Big Island summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...Travel to the summits is not recommended until winds 
  have subsided.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take necessary precautions to protect property. Travel to the
summit areas should be delayed until winds subside.

&&

$$

RCB
1 follow-up statement
297 
WWHW70 PHFO 140133
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
333 PM HST Sat Feb 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TONIGHT...

HIZ028-141445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210214T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0007.210214T0133Z-210214T1600Z/
Big Island Summits-
Including the city of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea Above 8000 feet
333 PM HST Sat Feb 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with localized gusts over 50 
  mph.

* WHERE...Big Island Summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM HST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong will make driving difficult.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should use extra caution.

&&

$$

Foster

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 4:06 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao3 days

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Hawaii, 2021Every high wind warning in 2021

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.