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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 8, 2016Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Dec 8, 2016, 3:09 AM HST for Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2016, 3:09 AM HST (13:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2016, 3:25 AM HST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity: None

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

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Dec 7, 8:30 PM HST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 8:30 PM HST, 6 hours 39 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
Dec 8, 4:54 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	3 hr
Dec 8, 7:04 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Hawaii	3 hr
Dec 8, 10:14 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		46 min
Dec 8, 11:31 AM HST	Special Weather Statement	HFO		14 min
Dec 8, 11:41 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		64 min
Dec 8, 12:40 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Hawaii, 2016 Every flash flood watch in 2016

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.