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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 6, 20264 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind watch at Feb 6, 2026, 3:34 PM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 8, 2026, 6:00 AM HST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2026, 3:34 PM HST (01:34 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2026, 6:00 AM HST
Expired
Feb 7, 2026, 3:08 PM HST
In force
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 01:36 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 wind watch 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 wind watch went out at Feb 6, 9:56 AM HST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:56 AM HST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 3:26 AM HSTGale WatchHFO12 hr
Feb 7, 7:45 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao3 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Hawaii, 2026Every high wind watch 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.