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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 3, 2015Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Mar 3, 2015, 3:15 PM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2015, 3:15 PM HST (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2015, 3:41 AM HST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity: None

Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI

The radar

The Kamuela/Kohala Apt radar (PHKM), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 Mar 3, 9:49 AM HST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 9:49 AM HST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 3:15 PM HST	Winter Storm Warning	HFO	Hawaii	36 hr
Mar 3, 9:03 PM HST	Small Craft Advisory	HFO		4 days
Mar 4, 5:00 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	3 hr
Mar 4, 8:24 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	3 hr
Mar 4, 8:46 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	6 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.