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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Honolulu, HI

August 18, 20154 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Aug 18, 2015, 7:52 AM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2015, 7:52 AM HST (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2015, 3:29 PM HST
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 18, 3:30 AM HST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:30 AM HST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 3:50 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao5 hr
Aug 17, 4:10 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHawaii5 hr
Aug 17, 6:27 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu3 hr
Aug 17, 8:00 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu3 hr
Aug 17, 8:24 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu3 hr
Aug 17, 9:05 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Aug 17, 11:07 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu113 min
Aug 17, 11:46 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai3 hr
Aug 18, 11:14 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao11 hr
Aug 18, 11:59 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Aug 18, 12:02 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai4 hr
Aug 18, 12:29 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu3 hr
Aug 18, 1:44 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao3 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.