759  
WWHW80 PHFO 120752  
SPSHFO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI  
952 PM HST THU APR 11 2024  
 
HIZ003-004-029>031-120845-  
KAUAI NORTH HI-KAUAI EAST HI-KAUAI SOUTHWEST HI-KAUAI SOUTH HI-  
KAUAI MOUNTAINS HI-  
952 PM HST THU APR 11 2024  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY THROUGH  
1045 PM HST...  
 
AT 951 PM HST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY  
RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS  
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARKING SANDS, OR 34 MILES WEST OF LIHUE,  
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, AND SMALL HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY  
HAZARDOUS WATERS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS  
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO  
VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LIHUE, KAPAA, KALAHEO, KEKAHA, PRINCEVILLE, KILAUEA, ANAHOLA, MANA,  
ALAKAI SWAMP TRAILS, HANALEI, NA PALI STATE PARK, OMAO, BARKING  
SANDS, WAINIHA, NORTH FORK WAILUA TRAILS, MOLOAA, WAIMEA, WAILUA  
HOMESTEADS, WAILUA, AND HANAPEPE.  
 
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.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM HST FOR  
HAWAII.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2221 15934 2215 15930 2205 15934 2197 15933  
2188 15943 2191 15960 2189 15961 2202 15979  
2206 15979 2216 15971 2223 15956 2221 15950  
2223 15949 2222 15943 2224 15940  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 250DEG 12KT 2186 15984  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
SHIGESATO  
 
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