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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Honolulu HI

539 AM HST Sat Mar 21 2026



The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Kaiwi Channel...

  Maui County Leeward Waters...

  Maui County Windward Waters...

  Oahu Windward Waters...

  Pailolo Channel...



* Until 745 AM HST.



* At 538 AM HST, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 nm south of FAD

  Buoy CC, or 11 nm west of Lanai Airport, moving north at 35 knots.



  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.



  SOURCE...Radar.



  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 

           suddenly higher waves.



* Locations impacted include...

  Laau Point, Kalaupapa, Cape Halawa, Shipwreck Beach, Ilio Point,

  FAD Buoy K, FAD Buoy O, and FAD Buoy N.



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.



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LAT...LON 2188 15685 2181 15654 2174 15637 2161 15622

      2158 15607 2083 15681 2092 15691 2093 15703

      2091 15706 2085 15701 2073 15697 2075 15688

      2058 15705 2063 15740 2190 15722

TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 186DEG 34KT 2078 15716 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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