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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
230 PM HST MON MAR 23 2026
HIZ027-051>053-240130-
BIG ISLAND SOUTH HI-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR HI-BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST HI-
BIG ISLAND EAST HI-
230 PM HST MON MAR 23 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM HST...
AT 229 PM HST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PUNA DISTRICT AND IN KAU NEAR PAHALA AND
WOOD VALLEY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAALEHU, KALAPANA, ORCHIDLANDS ESTATES, NANAWALE ESTATES, KURTISTOWN,
HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK, KAWA FLATS, LEILANI ESTATES, PAHOA, ISAAC
HALE BEACH PARK, HAWAIIAN ACRES, WAIOHINU, GLENWOOD, FERN FOREST,
HAWAIIAN BEACHES, HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, VOLCANO, DISCOVERY
HARBOUR, PAHALA, AND WOOD VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 1948 15482 1934 15499 1927 15516 1927 15529
1921 15536 1913 15551 1908 15556 1904 15556
1897 15562 1923 15572 1965 15498 1956 15489
1953 15481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 320DEG 3KT 1930 15546
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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