ALERT! Target Area: Oahu Windward Waters

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * UNTIL 915 AM HST * AT 716 AM HST…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 16 NM NORTH OF FAD BUOY X…OR 26 NM NORTH OF TURTLE BAY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 7 MPH. HAZARD…WATERSPOUTS…WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS…AND SMALL HAIL. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. 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 STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS. WATERSPOUT…POSSIBLE HAIL…<.75IN WIND…40KTS

Instructions:BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS…SMALL HAIL…HIGH WAVES…DANGEROUS LIGHTNING…AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

Marine Weather Statement from Earlier …STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS OF KAUAI…OAHU…AND MAUI THIS MORNING… AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS…ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF FERNANDA…WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE KAUAI…OAHU…AND MAUI WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS…HAIL…REDUCED VISIBILITY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN…AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS AND PAY ATTENTION TO ANY SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED.