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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Honolulu HI

518 PM HST Sat Mar 21 2026



The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Kaiwi Channel...

  Oahu Leeward Waters...

  Oahu Windward Waters...



* Until 645 PM HST.



* At 518 PM HST, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 nm southwest of

  Ala Wai Harbor, or 7 nm southwest of Waikiki, moving northeast at

  30 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...

  FAD Buoy U, FAD Buoy T, FAD Buoy HH, Mokulua Islands, Pearl Harbor,

  FAD Buoy BO, and Heeia Kea Boat Harbor.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 2145 15725 2078 15807 2092 15834 2139 15796

      2134 15798 2130 15794 2133 15790 2126 15782

      2129 15770 2126 15770 2131 15765 2146 15776

      2143 15777 2141 15778 2150 15786 2166 15773

TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 223DEG 29KT 2118 15792 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



$$



Vaughan