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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 23, 2026Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2026, 8:06 AM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 2 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 23, 2026, 8:06 AM HST (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2026, 10:20 AM HST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kalawao County, HI

The radar

The Molokai radar (PHMO), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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 23, 3:19 AM HST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:19 AM HST, 4 hours 47 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 23, 7:49 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	18 min
Jan 23, 8:13 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	81 min
Jan 23, 10:13 AM HST	Areal Flood Advisory	HFO	Kalawao	90 min

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.