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Special Weather Statement, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 9, 2021Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2021, 4:18 PM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2021, 4:18 PM HST (02:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2021, 5:15 PM HST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI

County Kauai County, HI

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 9, 3:26 PM HST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:26 PM HST, 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:15 AM HST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:23 AM HST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:27 AM HST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:21 PM HST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:08 PM HST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:18 PM HST, 0 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 9, 2:15 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		30 min
Mar 9, 2:21 PM HST	Special Weather Statement	HFO	Kauai	39 min
Mar 9, 2:44 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		46 min
Mar 9, 3:08 PM HST	Special Weather Statement	HFO	Kauai	37 min
Mar 9, 3:17 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		88 min
Mar 9, 3:21 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threat	HFO	Honolulu	9 hr
Mar 9, 3:24 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		64 min
Mar 9, 3:47 PM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kauai	43 min
Mar 9, 4:30 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Kauai	17 hr
Mar 9, 8:33 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		87 min
Mar 9, 10:44 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		2 hr
Mar 9, 10:56 PM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	3 hr
Mar 9, 11:03 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		93 min
Mar 9, 11:16 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		76 min
Mar 10, 12:45 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		105 min
Mar 10, 1:02 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Hawaii	4 hr
Mar 10, 2:20 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		115 min
Mar 10, 3:42 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		2 hr
Mar 10, 4:43 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		2 hr
Mar 10, 5:26 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Hawaii	3 hr
Mar 10, 5:47 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		118 min
Mar 10, 6:36 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Hawaii	3 hr
Mar 10, 7:43 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		107 min
Mar 10, 9:06 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Hawaii	115 min
Mar 10, 9:11 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kauai	9 hr
Mar 10, 9:17 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		118 min
Mar 10, 10:11 AM HST	High Surf Advisory	HFO	Honolulu, Kalawao	29 hr
Mar 10, 11:11 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		2 hr
Mar 10, 1:09 PM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Honolulu	36 min
Mar 10, 1:10 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		110 min
Mar 10, 1:45 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Honolulu	3 hr

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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.