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High Surf Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 7, 20194 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Feb 7, 2019, 4:06 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 8, 2019, 6:00 AM HST. It was in force for 4 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2019, 4:06 PM HST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2019, 6:00 AM HST
Expired
Feb 12, 2019, 3:45 AM HST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

Counties Hawaii County, HI, Honolulu County, HI, Kalawao County, HI, Kauai County, HI

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 Feb 7, 4:01 PM HST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 4:01 PM HST, 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 7, 3:47 PM HST, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 7:22 PM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO56 hr
Feb 8, 3:47 AM HSTWind AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao36 hr
Feb 8, 7:13 AM HSTHigh Wind WatchHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao32 hr
Feb 8, 7:13 AM HSTHigh Wind WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao4 days
Feb 8, 10:01 AM HSTGale WarningHFO72 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.