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High Surf Warning 15, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 26, 2023Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Dec 26, 2023, 3:33 AM HST for Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It took effect at Dec 26, 2023, 12:00 PM HST. It was in force for 64 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 26, 2023, 3:33 AM HST (13:33 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2023, 12:00 PM HST
Expired: Dec 29, 2023, 3:48 AM HST
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI

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

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 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 26, 3:13 AM HST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 3:13 AM HST, 20 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
Dec 26, 3:32 AM HST	Small Craft Advisory	HFO		4 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.