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High Surf Advisory 17, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 5, 20174 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf advisory at Feb 5, 2017, 4:25 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 6:00 PM HST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2017, 4:25 PM HST (02:25 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2017, 6:00 PM HST
Expired
Feb 9, 2017, 3:31 PM HST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

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 02:27 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Feb 5, 3:39 PM HST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:39 PM HST, 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 3:57 PM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO3 days
Feb 5, 10:14 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO2 hr
Feb 6, 12:10 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO3 hr
Feb 6, 9:02 AM HSTHigh Wind WarningHFOHawaii54 hr
Feb 6, 11:16 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu119 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Hawaii, 2017Every high surf advisory in 2017

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.