WTHW80 PHFO 190036 CCA HLSHFO URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE ANA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 233 PM HST SAT OCT 18 2014 CORRECTED SOUTH FACING SHORE SURF HEIGHT FOR KAUAI AND OAHU. ...ANA CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND WILL PASS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO KAUAI COUNTY TONIGHT... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PORTIONS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS... KAUAI CHANNEL. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NIIHAU...KAUAI...OAHU. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS... KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS...WATERS AROUND OAHU...KAIWI CHANNEL AND MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HAWAII COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR KAUAI COUNTY...OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF MAUI...LANAI...MOLOKAI...KAHOOLAWE AND THE BIG ISLAND UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM HST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ANA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.6N...LONGITUDE 158.9W...OR ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH OF LIHUE HAWAII...OR ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII. HURRICANE ANA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... ANA CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED. A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST- NORTHWEST. A FURTHER TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANA WILL PASS ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAHU THIS AFTERNOON...ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI TONIGHT...AND 105 MILES SOUTH OF NIIHAU TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. PEOPLE UNDER A WATCH SHOULD CONTINUE MAKING PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMALL CRAFT IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 530 PM HST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PHZ110-111-114-116-190845- /O.CON.PHFO.TR.A.3002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS- KAIWI CHANNEL- 233 PM HST SAT OCT 18 2014 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT NEED TO DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS LITTLE CHANGE SINCE THE 11 AM FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH SEAS UP TO 12 FEET ACROSS WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT AS ANA PASSES FAR SOUTH OF OAHU AND KAUAI. AN INCOMING NORTHWEST SWELL COMBINED WITH STRENGTHENING WINDS WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. $$ HIZ001>011-190845- /O.COR.PHFO.TR.A.3002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS- 233 PM HST SAT OCT 18 2014 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...AND OTHER ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED OR STORED INDOORS. HAVE SUPPLIES ON HAND AND BE READY FOR POWER OUTAGES. EVACUATE IF ORDERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. BEACHGOERS...SWIMMERS...AND SURFERS SHOULD HEED ALL ADVICE GIVEN BY OCEAN SAFETY OFFICIALS AND EXERCISE CAUTION. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 7 PERCENT AT HONOLULU...17 PERCENT AT LIHUE...AND 31 PERCENT AT NIIHAU. THESE VALUES REPRESENT LITTLE CHANGE FOR HONOLULU AND LIHUE...BUT A SLIGHT INCREASE FOR NIIHAU SINCE THE 11 AM FORECAST. ...WINDS... ALTHOUGH CHANGES ARE STILL POSSIBLE...THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OF 39 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... ANA GENERATED SURF ALONG THE SOUTH SHORES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 8 TO 12 FT ON OAHU...AND 12 TO 16 FT ON KAUAI. THE SURF FROM ANA IS EXPECTED TO PEAK OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY. ANA GENERATED SURF IS EXPECTED TO PEAK OVERNIGHT ON THE WEST FACING SHORES...JUST AS A NORTHWEST SWELL STARTS TO BUILD. THE COMBINED SURF IS EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS OF 8 TO 12 FT TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE INCOMING NORTHWEST SWELL WILL INCREASE SURF ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES TONIGHT...PEAKING AT 10 TO 15 FT ON OAHU...AND 12 TO 18 FT ON KAUAI SUNDAY. SHORT PERIOD SWELL ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORES IS BRINGING SURF OF 4 TO 7 FT THROUGH SUNDAY. ...INLAND FLOODING... HURRICANE ANA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ PHZ115-118-190845- /O.CON.PHFO.TR.A.3002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS- 233 PM HST SAT OCT 18 2014 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT NEED TO DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE 11 AM FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... ANA WILL PRODUCE WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS AND SEAS UP TO 20 FEET ACROSS THE FAR REACHES OF THE LEEWARD COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY. AN INCOMING NORTHWEST SWELL COMBINED IN STRENGTHENING WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. $$ PHZ112-113-190845- /O.CON.PHFO.TR.W.3002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-KAUAI CHANNEL- 233 PM HST SAT OCT 18 2014 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 30 TO 40 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS LITTLE CHANGE SINCE THE 11 AM FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... ANA WILL PRODUCE WINDS 30 TO 40 KNOTS AND SEAS UP TO 20 FEET ACROSS THE FAR REACHES OF THE LEEWARD COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. AN INCOMING NORTHWEST SWELL COMBINED WITH STRENGTHENING WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. $$ For more information, go to middletnweather.info
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 00:37:26 +0000
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