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High Surf Advisory 40, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 30, 2013Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf advisory at Dec 30, 2013, 8:29 AM HST for Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2013, 8:29 AM HST (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2013, 3:27 AM HST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

Counties Honolulu County, HI, Kalawao County, HI, Kauai County, HI

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, 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 this high surf advisory went out at Dec 30, 3:40 AM HST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 3:40 AM HST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 30, 4:37 AM HST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 30, 4:37 AM HST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 30, 8:29 AM HST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 2:42 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 29, 8:22 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii113 min
Dec 29, 9:36 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii114 min
Dec 29, 10:11 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii2 hr
Dec 29, 11:13 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO62 min
Dec 29, 11:53 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii6 hr
Dec 30, 12:40 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 30, 3:11 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 30, 3:26 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHawaii4 hr
Dec 30, 6:49 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO56 min
Dec 30, 7:34 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 30, 7:39 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO66 min
Dec 30, 8:28 AM HSTFlash Flood WatchHFOHawaii34 hr
Dec 30, 9:00 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO60 min
Dec 30, 9:02 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 30, 9:54 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO66 min
Dec 30, 10:15 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO60 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.