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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 15, 2014Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Feb 15, 2014, 3:36 PM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 16, 2014, 9:51 AM HST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2014, 3:36 PM HST (01:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2014, 9:51 AM HST
Expired
Feb 18, 2014, 3:22 AM HST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity
None

County Kauai County, HI

The radar

The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 15, 11:13 AM HST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 11:13 AM HST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 6:50 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu4 hr
Feb 16, 5:05 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai3 hr
Feb 16, 6:48 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr
Feb 16, 10:00 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai3 hr

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.