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Tornado hits Hawaii!

#1 Postby conestogo_flood » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:21 pm

NOHW40 PHFO 250024
PNSHFO
HIZ001>028-222000-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
225 PM HST FRI MAR 24 2006

...TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ON LANAI...

A SMALL F(0) TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT KAUMALAPAU HARBOR ON THE ISLAND
OF LANAI LAST NIGHT...MARCH 23 2006...AROUND 935 PM HST. DAMAGE
REPORTS INCLUDED A 10X10 CONSTRUCTION TRAILER THAT WAS FLIPPED OVER
AND BLOWN ABOUT 10 FEET, DAMAGE TO A SMALLER ADJACENT BUILDING, AND
A POWER POLE THAT WAS BROKEN OR SNAPPED.

THE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
AND FORECASTERS ISSUED A WARNING AT 930 PM HST. A PERSISTENT UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTHWEST OF KAUAI HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...THUNDERSTORMS...LIGHTNING AND HAIL
AS WELL AS WATERSPOUTS AND THIS TORNADO.

WHILE RARE...TORNADOES DO OCCUR IN HAWAII. SINCE 1950...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECORDED 34 TORNADOES IN THE STATE.
THE STRONGEST WAS AN F2 TORNADO ON THE BIG ISLAND IN 1971THAT DID
2.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

$$
RYDELL

The warning...
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
930 PM HST THU MAR 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF LANAI IN MAUI COUNTY

* UNTIL 1000 PM HST

* AT 928 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANAI CITY...OR ABOUT 37
MILES WEST OF KAHULUI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
LANAI CITY BY 940 PM HST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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#2 Postby CrazyC83 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:42 pm

That is something you don't normally see! ANY tornado in Hawaii is definitely noteworthy!
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#3 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:18 pm

Crazy!! Hope everyone in Hawaii is doing OK.
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#4 Postby george_r_1961 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:26 pm

A little off topic here...but does Alaska ever get tornadoes?
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#5 Postby Brent » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:43 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:A little off topic here...but does Alaska ever get tornadoes?


There have been 3(all F0's) since 1950... and all three were in the last 2 years.

http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi ... ent~storms
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#6 Postby senorpepr » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:37 pm

Every state has recorded tornadoes before.
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#7 Postby Hurricaneman » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:22 am

Unbelievable
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#8 Postby Weatherfreak14 » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:05 pm

:eek: :eek: Speechless
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#9 Postby conestogo_flood » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:23 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1002 AM HST MON MAR 27 2006

HIC009-272030-
/O.CON.PHFO.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060327T2030Z/
MAUI IN MAUI-
1002 AM HST MON MAR 27 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM HST FOR THE
ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY...

AT 1002 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LINE WAS LOCATED JUST OFF THE SOUTH
COAST OF MAUI...FROM LAHAINA TO WAILEA AND MAKENA AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR HAS ALSO DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN
THE LINE OF STORMS...SO WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY
STILL DEVELOP.

PERSONS ACROSS MAUI SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO STURDY SHELTER.
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#10 Postby Aslkahuna » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:39 pm

Actually, the first ever tornado reported in AK was reported many more than 3 years ago. It was observed over a remote area of the State by a Pilot and photographed.

Steve
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