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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1153 AM HST SUN MAR 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS...
* UNTIL 100 PM HST.
* AT 1152 AM HST, A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
WAS LOCATED 9 NM NORTHWEST OF FAD BUOY F, OR 14 NM SOUTHWEST OF
KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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...
HONOKOHAU HARBOR AND KEAHOLE POINT.
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.
LAT...LON 1964 15638 1997 15608 1978 15603 1973 15606
1964 15601 1950 15626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 231DEG 6KT 1962 15626
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
WROE
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