Weather alerts in Hawaii
9,981 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 9,981
- Warnings
- 3,339
- Watches
- 487
- Advisories
- 5,817
- Busiest year
- 2018811 alerts
- Average year
- 356over 28 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 80 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 33 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 217 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1,083 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 173 |
| Flood Watch | 50 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2,930 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 7 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 51 |
| Blizzard Watch | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 47 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 189 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 165 |
| High Wind Watch | 46 |
| Wind Advisory | 725 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 56 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 21 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Ashfall Warning | 3 |
| Ashfall Advisory | 11 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Tropical | |
| Hurricane Warning | 8 |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 17 |
| Hurricane Watch | 7 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 30 |
| Hurricane Local Statement | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Warning | 248 |
| Tsunami Warning | 2 |
| Tsunami Watch | 9 |
| High Surf Advisory | 953 |
| Tsunami Advisory | 6 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 32 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 130 |
| Special Marine Warning | 1,483 |
| Gale Watch | 68 |
| Marine Ashfall Advisory | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 996 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Winds | 1 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 87 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 9:34 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 56 min | |
| Sep 9, 8:32 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:35 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 53 min | |
| Sep 7, 7:38 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 9 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:11 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:17 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:08 PM HST | Hurricane Warning | HFO | Kauai | 33 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:47 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:44 PM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 49 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:51 AM HST | Tropical Storm Warning | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai | 51 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:52 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 10 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.