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High Surf Warning 7, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Feb 22, 2026, 3:02 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 23, 2026, 12:00 PM HST. It was in force for 27 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
- Feb 22, 2026, 3:02 PM HST (01:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2026, 12:00 PM HST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2026, 3:27 PM HST
- In force
- 27 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 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Feb 22, 3:01 PM HST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:01 PM HST, 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:56 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:02 PM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 5 days | |
| Feb 22, 3:02 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 4 days |
| Feb 22, 3:41 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 49 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:27 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 63 min | |
| Feb 22, 5:27 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 50 min | |
| Feb 22, 6:22 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 38 min | |
| Feb 22, 6:24 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 99 min | |
| Feb 22, 7:17 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 118 min | |
| Feb 22, 9:12 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 71 min | |
| Feb 23, 2:45 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 9 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:57 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 5 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2026Every 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.