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High Surf Warning 16, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 8, 2018Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Dec 8, 2018, 3:51 PM HST for Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It took effect at Dec 8, 2018, 7:34 PM HST. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2018, 3:51 PM HST (01:51 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2018, 7:34 PM HST
Expired
Dec 10, 2018, 3:42 AM HST
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

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 01:52 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 high surf warning 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 warning went out at Dec 8, 9:39 AM HST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 9:39 AM HST, 6 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 3:51 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao6 days

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2018Every high surf warning 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.