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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 24, 2018Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Feb 24, 2018, 9:27 PM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 25, 2018, 3:14 AM HST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2018, 9:27 PM HST (07:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2018, 3:14 AM HST
Expired
Feb 26, 2018, 3:00 AM HST
In force
24 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 07:26 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 Feb 24, 8:39 PM HST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 8:39 PM HST, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 10:47 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai3 hr
Feb 25, 2:06 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO114 min
Feb 25, 8:54 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO66 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.