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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Honolulu, HI

September 20, 2015Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Sep 20, 2015, 3:37 PM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2015, 3:37 PM HST (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2015, 3:02 PM HST
In force
23 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 01:36 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 Sep 20, 9:50 AM HST, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 9:50 AM HST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 3:48 PM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO10 days
Sep 20, 3:57 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii9 hr
Sep 21, 3:20 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao25 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.