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High Surf Warning 12, NWS Honolulu, HI

September 26, 2026Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Sep 26, 2026, 1:03 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 15 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: Sep 26, 2026, 1:03 PM HST (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 27, 2026, 3:49 AM HST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI

County Hawaii County, HI

The radar

The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 Sep 26, 11:38 AM HST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 11:38 AM HST, 1 hour 25 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
Sep 26, 1:03 PM HST	High Surf Advisory	HFO	Hawaii	26 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2026 Every high surf warning in 2026

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.