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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

August 11, 2015Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Aug 11, 2015, 9:54 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Aug 13, 2015, 6:00 AM HST. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2015, 9:54 AM HST (19:54 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2015, 6:00 AM HST
Expired
Aug 15, 2015, 3:37 AM HST
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity
None

County Hawaii County, HI

The radar

The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 Aug 11, 5:30 AM HST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 5:30 AM HST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:07 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFO37 hr
Aug 11, 3:21 AM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO12 hr
Aug 11, 3:21 AM HSTTropical Storm WatchHFO55 hr
Aug 11, 5:00 AM HSTTropical Storm WatchHFOHawaii36 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Hawaii, 2015Every flash flood watch in 2015

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.