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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 7, 2017Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this winter storm watch at Mar 7, 2017, 8:18 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Mar 8, 2017, 6:00 PM HST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2017, 8:18 PM HST (06:18 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2017, 6:00 PM HST
Expired
Mar 8, 2017, 3:29 PM HST
In force
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Hawaii County, HI

The radar

The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 7, 3:50 PM HST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:50 PM HST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:54 PM HST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 2:24 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao3 hr
Mar 7, 2:52 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO83 min
Mar 7, 3:52 PM HSTFlash Flood WatchHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao59 hr
Mar 7, 4:44 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKalawao3 hr
Mar 7, 5:30 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO60 min
Mar 7, 8:01 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Mar 7, 8:12 PM HSTHigh Wind WarningHFOHawaii43 hr
Mar 7, 9:23 PM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO54 hr
Mar 8, 3:34 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao36 hr

Nearby

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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.