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Weather alerts in Hawaii County, Hawaii, 2017
182 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hawaii County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 182
- Warnings
- 32
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 118
- Busiest month
- March29 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 10, 20178 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Hawaii County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 6 | 83% | 70 min |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Honolulu, HI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 4 | 50% | 16 min |
| NWS Honolulu, HI: flash flood warnings | 31 | 10 | 68% | 25 | 84% | 114 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Hawaii-Aleutian Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:41 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:00 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:19 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 8 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:24 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:35 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 55 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:38 AM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | 48 hr |
| Jan 14, 9:21 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 18 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:05 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 7 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:36 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:39 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:43 PM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | 60 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:43 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 4 days |
| Jan 20, 3:42 PM HST | High Wind Watch | HFO | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:25 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 37 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:37 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 11 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:23 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:33 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:21 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:48 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:44 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:10 PM HST | High Wind Watch | HFO | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:46 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:50 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 13 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:38 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 42 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:29 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 48 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:44 AM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | 66 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:41 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 48 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:32 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 26 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:33 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 56 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:25 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 9:02 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 54 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:26 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:31 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 3 days |
| Feb 10, 3:27 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:47 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:57 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 108 min |
| Feb 11, 9:12 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 63 min |
| Feb 12, 12:18 AM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 57 min |
| Feb 12, 3:10 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:31 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:28 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 48 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:34 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 41 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:59 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:29 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 91 min |
| Feb 22, 2:58 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 92 min |
| Feb 26, 3:27 PM HST | Winter Storm Watch | HFO | 36 hr |
| Feb 27, 7:36 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 68 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:00 AM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | 25 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:50 AM HST | Blizzard Warning | HFO | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:07 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 61 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:01 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:37 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 3:52 PM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 59 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:01 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:12 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 43 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:18 PM HST | Winter Storm Watch | HFO | 19 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:29 PM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:02 PM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:53 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 22 min |
| Mar 9, 3:10 PM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 3:20 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:06 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:29 PM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 5:34 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:44 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:27 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:09 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 96 min |
| Mar 11, 1:24 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 3:05 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 55 min |
| Mar 11, 3:15 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:38 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:21 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 44 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:16 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:05 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:24 AM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | 36 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:24 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 3 days |
| Mar 30, 3:53 PM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | 41 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:49 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 19 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:43 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:52 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:41 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:08 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:12 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:40 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 48 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:03 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 53 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:09 AM HST | Winter Storm Watch | HFO | 29 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:58 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 36 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:54 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 13 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:59 PM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | 25 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:30 PM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 24 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:39 PM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | 24 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:48 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 11 hr |
| May 1, 5:26 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| May 14, 10:11 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 11 hr |
| May 15, 12:44 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:14 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:44 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 17 hr |
| May 15, 5:33 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| May 15, 5:35 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:25 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 3 days |
| May 28, 2:22 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:21 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:06 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 3:56 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 66 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:11 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:28 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:01 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:00 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:41 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:47 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:10 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:41 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 72 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:28 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:20 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:56 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 109 min |
| Sep 2, 3:52 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 53 min |
| Sep 4, 6:37 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 34 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:53 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:41 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:43 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:15 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 24 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:34 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 116 min |
| Oct 12, 7:40 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 110 min |
| Oct 12, 8:11 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:37 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 83 min |
| Oct 13, 6:44 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:40 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | 7 days |
| Oct 13, 7:36 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 14, 7:47 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 6 days |
| Oct 22, 3:34 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 3 days |
| Oct 22, 3:35 AM HST | High Wind Watch | HFO | 36 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:07 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:20 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 36 hr |
| Oct 23, 11:15 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:59 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:40 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:26 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:39 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:20 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:15 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:16 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 12 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:39 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Nov 12, 7:26 PM HST | Special Weather Statement | HFO | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 11:39 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 64 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:13 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 17 hr |
| Nov 20, 7:49 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 7 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:04 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 7 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:36 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 4 days |
| Nov 26, 3:32 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 5 days |
| Nov 26, 3:32 AM HST | Winter Storm Watch | HFO | 36 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:44 PM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | 22 hr |
| Nov 27, 10:45 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 9 hr |
| Nov 28, 1:20 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 62 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:09 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:00 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:05 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:58 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:55 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | 9 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:43 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:18 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:58 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 42 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:58 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 7 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:18 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 9 hr |
| Dec 2, 7:50 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:09 AM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 20 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:09 AM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | 20 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:26 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 30 hr |
| Dec 6, 5:41 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 22 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:38 AM HST | High Wind Watch | HFO | 12 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:32 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:29 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 32 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:48 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 8 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:22 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 37 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:23 PM HST | Flash Flood Watch | HFO | 4 days |
| Dec 17, 3:23 PM HST | Winter Storm Watch | HFO | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:04 AM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | 3 days |
| Dec 20, 4:21 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:35 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:35 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 1:59 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:05 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 35 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:05 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | 13 hr |
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 | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 8 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 60 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 14 |
| High Wind Watch | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 34 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Warning | 5 |
| High Surf Advisory | 16 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.