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High Surf Warning 18, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Dec 16, 2019, 5:13 AM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It took effect at Dec 16, 2019, 12:00 PM HST. It was in force for 19 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 16, 2019, 5:13 AM HST (15:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2019, 12:00 PM HST
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2019, 7:21 AM HST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Kauai County, HI
The radar
The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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 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 16, 4:13 AM HST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 4:13 AM HST, 1 hour before
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Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:43 PM HST | Gale Watch | HFO | 12 hr | |
| Dec 16, 3:33 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kalawao | 36 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:45 AM HST | Gale Warning | HFO | 48 hr | |
| Dec 16, 4:12 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 3 days |
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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.