Hawai'i Tornado Warning

Someone on Storm Track mentioned that there was a tornado warning for the island of Kauai, Hawai'i yesterday. Immediately, I thought waterspout, but by checking out the radar, I'm convinced otherwise. There was some wind damage reported (click here) but no confirmed tornado. Anyway, I've included the warning text below as well as some radar images:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 
1241 PM HST SAT DEC 13 2008 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A 

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... 
 THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY 

* UNTIL 115 PM HST 

* AT 1234 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
 PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUMAKANI...OR 24 MILES 
 WEST OF LIHUE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 
 KEKAHA AT 1245 PM HST 
 WAIMEA AT 1250 PM HST 
 HANAPEPE AT 1250 PM HST 
 6 MILES SOUTH OF HANALEI AT 115 PM HST 

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT 
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGES

Base Reflectivity (0.5º)


The next three are consecutive storm relative velocity scans at 0.5º.



Wow! Nice little couplet there!



Radar images used with permission; courtesy of IPS Meteostar Inc.

Dann.
PS: Update on snow and cold possibly later today. Also, some awesome moon halo images sent in by a friend.