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High Surf Warning 14, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 17, 20234 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Dec 17, 2023, 6:44 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It was in force for 33 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 17, 2023, 6:44 PM HST (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2023, 3:38 AM HST
In force
33 hr
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 04:48 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 17, 3:16 PM HST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:16 PM HST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 3:35 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao3 hr
Dec 18, 3:28 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao24 hr
Dec 18, 3:35 AM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO6 days

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.