apoartar Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yesterday it hailed here in Hawaii at my house on Oahu, across the street from the beach. The hail was nickel to quarter sized and it fell for a minute or two. I posted a video of it on YouTube. Enjoy! Here's the link: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yesterday it hailed here in Hawaii at my house on Oahu, across the street from the beach. The hail was nickel to quarter sized and it fell for a minute or two. I posted a video of it on YouTube. Enjoy! Nice video, definitely not something you see everyday! A friend of mine on the island sent me some radar images of a probably tornadic supercell a few miles south of Makapu'u Poinnt that day. Saw some great lightning shots from over the Ala Wai too. I remember doing radar training a few years ago the WDTB made sure to have soundings from both Alaska and Hawai'i to show us that severe hail can happen anywhere in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Nice video, definitely not something you see everyday! A friend of mine on the island sent me some radar images of a probably tornadic supercell a few miles south of Makapu'u Poinnt that day. Saw some great lightning shots from over the Ala Wai too. I remember doing radar training a few years ago the WDTB made sure to have soundings from both Alaska and Hawai'i to show us that severe hail can happen anywhere in the U.S. Actually most anywhere in the World as I've seen hail in the Philippines and know of occurrences of large hail there at low elevation sites (such as the shores of Manila Bay). The Philippines also gets tornadoes and not always waterspout or landspout ones either and the deadliest tornado of modern record occurred in Bangladesh. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Bangladesh gets absolutely insane severe weather parameters when they do come together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Actually most anywhere in the World as I've seen hail in the Philippines and know of occurrences of large hail there at low elevation sites (such as the shores of Manila Bay). The Philippines also gets tornadoes and not always waterspout or landspout ones either and the deadliest tornado of modern record occurred in Bangladesh. Steve I've ready some pretty fascinating studies on Bangladeshi severe weather. How there are dry line features at play with their supercells as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Nothing like 10000+ CAPE in place with adequate shear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 While there is a whole bunch of severe weather going on over there (3 watches already) its also snowing on the BIg Island. Snow levels are at 11,500 feet and a WWA is in effect for up to 2 inches with possible thundersnow.. wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Wow.... SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 540 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 HIC003-091600- /O.CON.PHFO.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120309T1600Z/ HONOLULU HI- 540 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY... AT 536 AM HST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER KANEOHE MARINE BASE... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Good stuff right there and I love the unusual shape of that one hail stone. See theres a lot of flash flood warnings out for you guys as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Oahu really getting pounded right now. That stationary cell has been dropping golf ball sized hail for over an hour now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Looks like a classic case of flow hitting a mountain range and releasing all of its instability at once. The flash flooding from that must be incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergy Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Interested in seeing the RUC analysis for Hawaii. Can't find it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergy Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS HUMPBACK WHALE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. PHZ118-100215- MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS- 400 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SATURDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 3 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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apoartar Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yes, this morning there were extreme thunder storms over Kailua, Oahu, and reports of hail there and on the Big Island (Hawaii Island) from yesterday. We hardly ever get thunder storms here and none of us remember ever seeing hail here, so it was quite the shock to see it falling and especially the size of it too. We're supposed to have unstable weather for the rest of the day too. Oh, there was also a waterspout spotted and videotaped off of Kailua this morning too (actually it was next to Kailua in Laniki). I'll try to find the link to it and post it. - Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoartar Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Here's the Facebook Link, it's actually a lot bigger than I thought! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2719401435688&set=a.1354634437366.2042306.1576606872&type=1&ref=nf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoartar Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Emergency flash flood warning just broadcast for Oahu, until 1:15PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 627 AM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0625 AM HAIL KAILUA 21.40N 157.74W 03/09/2012 E1.75 INCH HONOLULU HI TRAINED SPOTTER HAIL OF 1 3/4 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 618 AM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0616 AM HAIL KAILUA 21.40N 157.74W 03/09/2012 E2.00 INCH HONOLULU HI PUBLIC HAIL OF 2 INCHES. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 610 AM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0555 AM HAIL KANEOHE 21.41N 157.79W 03/09/2012 E1.75 INCH HONOLULU HI PUBLIC GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR KANEOHE BAY DRIVE FOR AT LEAST A HALF AN HOUR. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 603 AM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0555 AM HAIL KANEOHE 21.41N 157.79W 03/09/2012 E3.00 INCH HONOLULU HI TRAINED SPOTTER HAIL OF 3 INCHES. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 558 AM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0555 AM HAIL KANEOHE 21.41N 157.79W 03/09/2012 E1.75 INCH HONOLULU HI PUBLIC HAS BEEN FALLING FOR AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MINUTES NEAR AIKAHI PARK. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 553 AM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0550 AM HAIL KANEOHE 21.41N 157.79W 03/09/2012 E2.00 INCH HONOLULU HI TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL BETWEEN 1.5 TO 2 INCHES FALLING FOR THE LAST 10 MINUTES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Here's the Facebook Link, it's actually a lot bigger than I thought! https://www.facebook...2&type=1&ref=nf The tornado and the corresponding radar simultaneously: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 That's a pretty damn impressive supercell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 000 NWHW50 PHFO 100156 LSRHFO PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 356 PM HST FRI MAR 09 2012 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0710 AM TORNADO 1 ESE KAILUA 21.40N 157.72W 03/09/2012 OAHU IN HONOLULU HI PUBLIC A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED A WATERSPOUT MOVED ASHORE AS AN EF-0 TORNADO IN LANIKAI AND TRACKED TO THE SOUTHWEST IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE ENCHANTED LAKES SUBDIVISION IN KAILUA. SEVERAL ROOFS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...TREES WERE SNAPPED...ROAD SIGNS DESTROYED...AND POWERLINES KNOCKED DOWN. && $$ MCANTIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 That's pretty cool. Kailua was my favorite area when I visited Hawai'i last August, and now they're getting severe weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 We loved Kailua too when we went, 4 years ago this week! We kayaked out to the islands next to the tornado, less than a mile from shore. Can't believe the pictures! Looks like the tornado came ashore right where we stayed, too- hope people's houses are OK! Very densely populated area within a couple miles of the beach. Likely the worst was tree damage, as the trees there are not stressed much due to no periodic strong winds (other than trades which would have been opposite to the wind directionwith the tornado yesterday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fujiwara Effect Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 That Island I believe is Chinamens Hat, it typically is full of bird guana - so nice vaccum job! Spent a couple years there in the 70s and seems that the Trade winds based on the sounding and radar shots got the usual lift on the Koolau Range and then conditionally unstable popped a super cell with near perfect set up. Most thunderstorms- not many - occurr dead center of the Island when trades are dead andalso in this SE Oahu region and some are pretty fantastic with frequent lightning so not too surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganLion Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 That Island I believe is Chinamens Hat, it typically is full of bird guana - so nice vaccum job! Spent a couple years there in the 70s and seems that the Trade winds based on the sounding and radar shots got the usual lift on the Koolau Range and then conditionally unstable popped a super cell with near perfect set up. Most thunderstorms- not many - occurr dead center of the Island when trades are dead andalso in this SE Oahu region and some are pretty fantastic with frequent lightning so not too surprised. If you're talking about the waterspout picture from icebreakers' post --- that's not Chinamens Hat, but rather one of the two Mokulua Islands. About 8 miles or so south of Chinamens Hat (other side of the Marine Corps Base). The Mokuluas are great --- they are very easy to kayak to from either Kailua Beach or Lanikai Beach. I did that when I was out there five weeks ago. There was a fair amount of bird guano THERE too, ha ha. (I miss Hawaii, it's awesome there!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoartar Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Well, yesterday the sun came out and today it's nice too. I think there is some rain in the forecast but hopefully it won't be as bad as it was last week. Also, yes, those are the Mokulua Islands and in the video of the tornado, it does look like one took a direct hit. Anyway, on the same day that the hail occurred (which I think was the day before the tornado), I also got video of the tremendous runoff from Makapu'u point. There are not usually waterfalls here. At one point it even appears like it's flowing off the top of the mountain. This just shows the incredible amount of water that we were being inundated with that day (March 6, 2012). Here's the video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex95 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 SXHW70 PHFO 221910 AAA RERHFO RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 910 AM HST THU MAR 22 2012 ...NEW STATE RECORD HAILSTONE IN HAWAII... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL HAVE MEASURED A HAILSTONE COLLECTED IN KANEOHE DURING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 9TH 2012. THE HAILSTONE HAD A LENGTH OF 4 AND ONE QUARTER INCHES. ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL DATA THIS HAILSTONE SETS THE RECORD FOR THE LARGEST HAILSTONE TO HAVE FALLEN IN HAWAII. THIS NEW RECORD HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY THE STATE CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE AND WILL BE ADDED TO THE RECORD BOOK IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER. $$ CANTIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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