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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
453 PM HST MON MAR 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS...
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS...
* UNTIL 630 PM HST.
* AT 453 PM HST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR FAD BUOY SS, OR 9 NM EAST OF PAHALA,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAD BUOY RN AND FAD BUOY SS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR GUSTY WINDS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING SEAS, AND BLINDING
DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE
WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER, STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 1872 15514 1910 15548 1928 15526 1926 15523
1929 15510 1913 15476
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 310DEG 6KT 1916 15531
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
WROE
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