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Flash Flood Watch 20, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 27, 2018Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Dec 27, 2018, 7:11 PM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2018, 7:11 PM HST (05:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2018, 3:36 PM HST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity
None

County Kauai County, HI

The radar

The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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 Dec 27, 4:23 PM HST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 4:23 PM HST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 11:32 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu109 min
Dec 28, 3:16 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO59 min
Dec 28, 3:21 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai109 min
Dec 28, 4:25 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai3 hr
Dec 28, 4:41 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO64 min
Dec 28, 5:38 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO102 min
Dec 28, 9:19 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu3 hr
Dec 28, 9:22 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO113 min
Dec 28, 9:49 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO116 min
Dec 28, 10:12 AM HSTSpecial Weather StatementHFOHonolulu48 min
Dec 28, 10:25 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu3 hr
Dec 28, 11:06 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO114 min
Dec 28, 11:58 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu3 hr
Dec 28, 12:42 PM HSTSpecial Weather StatementHFOHonolulu63 min
Dec 28, 12:52 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Hawaii, 2018Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.