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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
253 PM HST THU JAN 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
KAIWI CHANNEL...
MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS...
MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS...
OAHU LEEWARD WATERS...
OAHU WINDWARD WATERS...
* UNTIL 345 PM HST.
* AT 249 PM HST, A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS, AND LARGE HAIL
WAS LOCATED SOUTH AND EAST OF OAHU TO NORTH OF MOLOKAI, WITHIN
INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 15 NM SOUTH OF HONOLULU TO 2 NM
SOUTH OF MAKAPUU.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAIE POINT, MOKULUA ISLANDS, ILIO POINT, FAD BUOY BO, WAIANAE
HARBOR, BARBERS POINT, FAD BUOY P, AND FAD BUOY S.
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 2189 15720 2181 15656 2061 15797 2073 15848
2108 15876 2155 15825 2130 15811 2131 15799
2137 15802 2139 15795 2134 15798 2126 15782
2129 15770 2126 15770 2131 15765 2146 15776
2147 15785 2172 15798 2159 15820 2220 15752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 229DEG 35KT 2126 15766
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...50KTS
WROE
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