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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 13, 20204 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood watch at Mar 13, 2020, 3:34 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Mar 15, 2020, 3:28 PM HST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2020, 3:34 PM HST (01:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2020, 3:28 PM HST
Expired: Mar 20, 2020, 3:00 AM HST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Flood severity: None

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 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 13, 10:08 AM HST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 10:08 AM HST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 3:10 AM HST	High Wind Warning	HFO	Hawaii	12 hr
Mar 14, 9:12 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		63 min
Mar 14, 9:32 AM HST	Special Weather Statement	HFO	Hawaii	28 min
Mar 14, 10:00 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Hawaii	86 min
Mar 14, 11:12 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		63 min
Mar 14, 12:10 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Hawaii, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

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.