Amateur radio operators throughout Hawaii responds to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ana that arrives in Hawaiian waters on Saturday October 18, 2014. This page provides progress information on the event. It is updated infrequently, so check the latest advisories from the National Weather Services and Emergency Management agencies. Last update is Thu Oct 16, 3:35 am
Activities are chronicled here. It's not a question of "If", it's a question of "When".
Enjoy, and feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any questions.
Overview
Early storm track forecasts had the track approaching close to the southern shores of the Hawaiian islands.
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The storm passed to the south and west of the Hawaiian Islands. High surf, rains and flooding were the result. |
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The Wastewater treatment plant at Sand Island discharged 5,000 gallons of untreated sewage into Honolulu Harbor due to the spike in runoff water on Oct 19. The plant's electrical systems were damaged and rendered four clarifiers offline. The plant was restored to operation on Oct 27. Press release.
Hurricane Ana diminished to a Tropical Storm and headed west, then north. It reintensified as a Category One hurricane, diminished, then headed to the Pacific Northwest causing storms in that region.
Tropical Storm Ana information
Information on Tropical Storm Ana and personal preparations can be found at these links:
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center
- NWS Forecast Office, Honolulu Watches and Warnings
- NWS Forecast Office, Honolulu
- JTWC Graphic
- University of Hawaii Meteorology Department
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, Kauai
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, Molokai
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, North Hawaii
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, South Hawaii
- NWS WFO HNL, Surf Forecast
- NWS WFO HNL, Local Storm Reports
- USGS Hydrological Data
- Honolulu International Airport Information
- FEMA
- Hawaii State Civil Defense/Emergency Management Agency
- Kauai Civil Defense
- (Oahu) Department of Emergency Management
- Maui County Civil Defense
- Hawaii County Civil Defense
- American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter
- Dept of Education Schools
- NWS Hurricane Ana Archive
Amateur Radio
The amateur radio leadership of NWS SKYWARN and Hawaii (State) Emergency Management Agency RACES and DEM (Department of Emergency Management) RACES coordinated a joint net on the state-wide VHF Repeater system for passing storm information to the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast office at HIG Building, University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, with supplemental traffic for SCD and DEM. The repeaters of DEM RACES (Oahu County) and SCD were linked using ALL-STAR VOIP linking to create a eight node repeater cluster of both State-wide and around-the-island repeaters for Oahu for reporting and monitoring purposes.
The repeaters linked from State Civil Defense
- 147.02+ PL 103.5, Mt Haleakala, Maui 9,769 ft
- 147.04+ no PL, Mauna Loa, Big Island 8,200 ft
- 147.04+ PL 103.5, Lihue, Kauai
- 147.06+ PL 103.5, Diamond Head, Oahu
- 444.325+ PL 103.5, Waimanalo, Oahu
- 444.350+ PL 103.5, Diamond Head, Oahu
and Department of Emergency Management, Oahu County
- 146.76- no PL, Mokuleia, Oahu
- 146.98- PL 88.5, Frank Fasi Municipal Building, Oahu
Big island operations scheduled for:
- 146.82-, BIWARN Mauna Loa
- 146.76-, BIWARN Kulani Cone is currently stand-alone
- 146.86- PL 100.0, Naalehu
- 146.72-, HSVOAD Mauna Kea
HF operations were scheduled for:
- 3888 kHz LSB, Hawaii County
- 3993.5 kHz LSB, State Civil Defense RACES
- 7080 kHz USB, SKYWARN (Monitor this frequency first)
- 7088 kHz LSB, HI EMA/State Civil Defense RACES
- 7095 kHz LSB, Hawaii County
- 7178 kHz LSB, HI EMA/State Civil Defense RACES alternate
- 7195 kHZ LSB, Hawaii County
- TBD, DEM RACES
- TBD, American Red Cross
- TBD, Healthcomm
NWS SKYWARN
SKWARN operation started at 6:00 pm Friday October 17.
Operations were scheduled to end at 7:00 pm Saturday October 18.
Operations ended at 10:00 pm on Saturday October 18.
Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency
HI EMA/State CD amateur radio operations monitored the NWS SKYWARN net remotely from work and home ready to provide additional assistance and relays of messages from SKYWARN to the SCD EOC. Operations transferred to the HI EMA EOC in Diamond Head Friday night, 10:00 pm. Operations were scheduled to end at 7:00 pm Saturday October 18.
- Larry AH6SP monitored VHF net for HI EMA traffic remotely offsite, 10/17/14 6pm-10pm.
- Danny NH7ZT monitored VHF net for HI EMA traffic at HI EMA EOC RACES station, 10/17/14 - 10/18/14 8am.
- Peter KH6JBS monitored VHF and HF nets for SCD traffic at HI EMA EOC RACES station, 10/18/14 8am-3pm. Relayed three digital messages (fldigi) from Hilo, HI and Big Island stations to for NWS SKYWARN containing weather information.
- Larry AH6SP monitored VHF net for HI EMA traffic remotely offsite 10/17/14 3pm-7pm.
Operations ended at 7 pm.
Hawaii County
CERT operations will start at TBD. Operations expected on the BIWARN repeater system. The BIWARN link into Hilo is inoperative.
HSVOAD Mauna Kea Repeater 146.72 MHz is anticipated to be turned on for Big Island traffic. Primary use is by HSVOAD and its member agencies including the local chapters of HSVOAD. Additionally, HCCDA has been granted secondary use on the 147.62 MHz repeater.
Maui County
Oahu County
DEM RACES is not scheduling an activation as of Thursday night.
Plan is to follow SkyWarn protocol where they have precedence over the linked network. However, DEM RACES will break in if an urgent DEM message needs to be passed in the absence of commercially available communications. That is not expected for this event.
American Red Cross to open five shelters on Saturday afternoon starting at 4 pm.
- Farrington High School, Honolulu
- Leilehua High School, Wahiawa
- Nanakuli High School, Waianae
- Waimanalo Elementary School, Waimanalo
Information from City and County of Honolulu.
Kauai County
Healthcomm
Healthcomm is TBD. Healthcomm to be operational post-landfall.
Reminder
A reminder: Being prepared is a personal responsibility. Stock up ahead of time, and don't get caught in the mad rush to the store to buy stuff. The Star-Advertiser offers a list of items for preparedness and planning.
A reminder for the general population (and amateur radio operators alike) that the primary means of timely notification of an alert is via the NOAA National Weather Service Weather Alert radios.
The Star-Advertiser Reporting
These are links to articles from The Star-Advertiser.
- Ana forecast to remain hurricane as it nears Oahu (Tue Oct 14)
- Isles in path of storm
- Storm could bring monster waves to hard-hit Hawaii island
- Storm brings October snow to Hawaii island mountains
- Ana fears cancel Bayfest
- Tropical storm watch issued ahead of Ana's arrival (Wed Oct 15)
- Governor signs emergency proclamation ahead of storm
- Airlines waive change fees due to Tropical Storm Ana
- Schools on Hawaii island to close Friday
- No Saturday prep football this weekend
- Coast Guard will move ships out to sea to avoid storm
- Strengthening storm has local governments getting ready
- Supply search 'not crazy yet' (Thu Oct 16)
- Residents snap up water, gear as hurricane approaches
- Ana expected to pass farther south of Big Isle
- Events canceled on Oahu, Big Island
- Island Air to suspend interisland flights
- Key facts about hurricane heading toward Hawaii
- Sharing information is key, say hoteliers
- Storms, lava make 'disaster sandwich'
- Events canceled on Oahu, Big Island
- Ready or not
- Storm knocks out plans for TV mogul's birthday
- Airlines waive change fees due to Tropical Storm Ana
- Ana should dispel our complacency (Fri Oct 17)
- List of Oahu emergency shelters
- Shelters will be open, but not schools
- Weaker storm still can hit hard, city says
- Big Isle residents ride out Ana as storm surf rolls in
- Ana churns past isles (Sat Oct 18)
- Flash flood warning posted for Oahu
- Flooding on Hawaii island forces road closures
- Hawaiian Airlines cancels 13 'Ohana flights
- Island Air cancels 50 flights due to hurricane
- High surf, low anxiety
- Ana soaks the state (Sun Oct 19)
- Hawaiian Airlines cancels some interisland flights for Sunday
- Heavy rains close 2 Honolulu roads
- Downed trees, beaches closed on Kauai
- National Weather Service drops flash flood watches
- T-Mobile restored for Hawaii customers after outage
- Power back on in Mililani Mauka
- Business owners also must be prepared for disasters
- Storm soaks isles, causes waste spill (Mon Oct 20)
- Tropical Storm Ana leaves muggy weather in its wake
- Rain breaks records in Honolulu and Hilo
- Storms, fuel hedging cut into Hawaiian Airlines' earnings (Tue Oct 21)
- City instituting new procedures at Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Ana threatens wildlife reserve
- Kilauea explosion captured on video
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