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High Surf Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 16, 20244 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Jan 16, 2024, 3:50 AM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 AM HST. It was in force for 10 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 16, 2024, 3:50 AM HST (13:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 AM HST
Expired: Jan 16, 2024, 3:36 PM HST
In force: 10 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 13:50 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 Jan 15, 9:00 PM HST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 9:00 PM HST, 6 hours 50 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 15, 3:36 PM HST	Small Craft Advisory	HFO		3 days
Jan 15, 3:38 PM HST	High Wind Warning	HFO	Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao	72 hr
Jan 15, 3:39 PM HST	High Surf Advisory	HFO	Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao	12 hr
Jan 16, 3:54 AM HST	Wind Advisory	HFO	Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao	20 hr
Jan 16, 5:22 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	3 hr
Jan 16, 8:27 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	3 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2024 Every high surf warning in 2024

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.