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High Surf Warning 7, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 7, 20234 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Mar 7, 2023, 3:39 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Mar 8, 2023, 6:00 AM HST. It was in force for 58 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: Mar 7, 2023, 3:39 PM HST (01:39 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 8, 2023, 6:00 AM HST
Expired: Mar 10, 2023, 3:30 PM HST
In force: 58 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 01:40 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 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 Mar 7, 9:58 AM HST, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 9:58 AM HST, 5 hours 41 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 8, 7:00 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	2 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2023 Every high surf warning in 2023

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.