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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 30, 2023Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 2023, 2:38 AM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 6 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: Jan 30, 2023, 2:38 AM HST (12:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2023, 8:45 AM HST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kauai County, HI

The radar

The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jan 29, 8:46 PM HST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 8:46 PM HST, 5 hours 52 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
Jan 29, 3:07 PM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Honolulu	3 hr
Jan 29, 4:25 PM HST	Gale Watch	HFO		11 hr
Jan 29, 5:22 PM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Honolulu	3 hr
Jan 29, 5:29 PM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	5 hr
Jan 30, 12:49 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kauai	3 hr
Jan 30, 7:50 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		55 min
Jan 30, 9:35 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		115 min
Jan 30, 12:13 PM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		2 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.