Strong winds caused power outages, downed trees, and blew roofs off structures in parts of Oahu, including Manoa, Aina Haina, Kalihi, and Nuuanu. The winds were associated with strong high pressure centered far northwest of the Aloha State.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Strong winds caused power outages, downed trees, and blew roofs off structures in parts of Oahu, including Manoa, Aina Haina, Kalihi, and Nuuanu. The winds were associated with strong high pressure centered far northwest of the Aloha State. The cost of the damages was not available. One man was slightly injured in Nuuanu when a tree fell on his home and trapped him in his bed. No other injuries were reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 4:04 PM HST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 404 PM HST TUE FEB 16 2016 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO THE NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY WINDY TRADES THROUGH TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE FROM A DISSIPATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS TONIGHT THEN DOWN TO THE BIG ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG WINDWARD SLOPES WITH SHOWERS PERIODICALLY PASSING OVER LEEWARD AREAS. DRIER WEATHER AND DECREASING TRADE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK...FOLLOWED BY POTENTIALLY UNSETTLED WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... LOCALLY WINDY AND WET WEATHER WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN TONIGHT. THE MAIN FEATURES AFFECTING HAWAIIAN WEATHER WILL BE A NEARLY STATIONARY 1035 MB HIGH CURRENTLY CENTERED ABOUT 1150 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND A SLOW-MOVING...DISSIPATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY... OR SHEAR LINE...CURRENTLY ACROSS KAUAI AND OAHU. MOISTURE ALONG THE OLD FRONTAL BAND HAS SHIFTED OVER OAHU THIS AFTERNOON WHILE KAUAI IS UNDER THE BACK EDGE OF THE BAND. KAUAI RECEIVED A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAINFALL TODAY...WHERE 0NE HALF TO TWO INCH TOTALS WERE COMMON ACROSS WINDWARD AREAS AND SOME LEEWARD SITES MEASURED OVER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...AND SOME STREAMS WERE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. SIMILAR NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED ON OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY TONIGHT AS THE MOISTURE IS PUSHED DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN. ALTHOUGH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER AND JUST WEST OF KAUAI...MID LEVEL RIDGING OVERHEAD SHOULD KEEP THE MOISTURE CAPPED MAINLY BELOW 15000 FT...MINIMIZING THE FLOOD THREAT. RAINFALL WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG WINDWARD SLOPES...BUT SOME SHOWERS WILL PERIODICALLY PASS OVER LEEWARD AREAS...WITH OAHU EXPERIENCING THIS ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE HOURS AS WELL. LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT AS A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE HIGH TO OUR NORTHWEST BUILDS TO THE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. THE RADAR VAD WIND PROFILE ON KAUAI HAS BEEN DETECTING 30 TO 35 KT WINDS IN THE LOWEST 8000 FT ALL DAY...WHILE LIHUE AIRPORT HAS BEEN REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH. A FAIR AMOUNT OF OBSERVING SITES ON THE OTHER ISLANDS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...MAINLY IN AREAS AFFECTED BY TERRAIN...AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW WINDS AT 850 MB DROPPING SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN END OF THE STATE BUT HANGING ON NEAR THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES OVER THE BIG ISLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRADE WINDS WILL BE IN THE BREEZY TO BORDER LINE WINDY RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH BEGINS TO WEAKEN. AT THIS TIME...WE HAVE OPTED NOT TO EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT IT WILL BE NEEDED FOR AT LEAST THE BIG ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF MAUI COUNTY. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS THE BAND OF MOISTURE BECOMES FOCUSED ALONG BIG ISLAND SLOPES. A SLOW DECLINE IN TRADE WINDS IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS AN APPROACHING FRONT WEAKENS THE RIDGE TO OUR NORTH. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A DEEP TROUGH DIGGING TOWARD THE ISLAND CHAIN FROM THE NORTH ON SATURDAY. BOTH MODELS SHOW A LOW DEVELOPING NEAR OR NORTHEAST OF THE STATE...WITH THE GFS DEPICTING A DEEPER TROUGH THAT WOULD BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO UNSETTLED WEATHER. GIVEN THE HIGH UNCERTAINTY AND GREATEST INSTABILITY REMAINING NORTH OF THE STATE IN BOTH MODELS...THE FORECAST REMAINS BROAD BRUSHED WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY A DRIER NORTHERLY FLOW ON MONDAY. && .AVIATION... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NW OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY NE TRADE WINDS TO THE STATE. ASOS STATIONS FROM AROUND THE STATE ARE RANGING FROM UPPER TEENS INTO 25+ KT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS...WITH PHNY RECORDING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30+ KT AND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 45 KT. RUNWAYS PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE EXAGGERATED TURBULENCE AND POSSIBLY WIND SHEAR. AIRMET TANGO FOR LOW LEVEL TURB OVER AND S THROUGH W OF THE MOUNTAINS REMAINS POSTED. ADDITIONALLY...AIRMET TANGO IS ALSO POSTED FOR STRONG SURFACE WIND AROUND THE BIG ISLAND...ALENUIHAHA AND PAILOLO CHANNELS...LANAI...AND KAHOOLAWE. INCREASED CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A DISSIPATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARE SLOWLY EXITING KAUAI...WITH THE EASTERN MOST EDGE NOW OVER OAHU. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE TONIGHT OVER KAUAI...AND DETERIORATE FURTHER OVER OAHU THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND DETERIORATE OVER MAUI COUNTY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AIRMET SIERRA FOR MOUNTAIN OBSC REMAINS POSTED OVER ALL OF KAUAI AND OVER N THRU E SECTIONS OF OAHU. THIS WILL BE TAILORED OVER THE STATE TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT AND DETERIORATION. EXPECT PASSING SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY LATER...TO BE PERIODICALLY HEAVY AND CARRY MVFR TO ISOL IFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... THE GALE WARNING FOR BIG ISLAND WATERS AND THE PAILOLO CHANNEL HAS BEEN EXTENDED THOUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY /SCA/ FOR REMAINING WATERS AROUND THE STATE HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT MINIMUM...SCA CONDITIONS FOR WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ELEVATED ROUGH SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES...WHERE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. A MODERATE NORTHWEST SWELL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY...WITH A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO THE COLLABORATIVE NEARSHORE SWELL AND WIND FORECAST /SRDHFO/. && .FIRE WEATHER... GUSTY TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR ALL AREAS...WHILE RATHER DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST AHEAD OF A BAND OF MOISTURE PUSHING DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN. SMOKE FROM THE KAHIKINUI FIRE ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF HALEAKALA HAS BEEN VISIBLE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY ALL DAY... AND THIS AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN SHELTERED FROM MOST SHOWER ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BURN AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL ISLANDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY FOR EAST FACING SHORES. GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR PAILOLO CHANNEL- ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY FOR ALL REMAINING WATERS AND CHANNELS. && WROE
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a home and pinned a man in his bed in Nuuanu. The man refused treatment by paramedics.
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