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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
355 PM HST SUN MAR 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS...
* UNTIL 500 PM HST.
* AT 354 PM HST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 7 NM NORTH OF PAAUILO. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH SLOWLY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 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.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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 1992 15514 1995 15520 2001 15526 2006 15538
2011 15547 2036 15540 2017 15496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 196DEG 4KT 2016 15536
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
WROE
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