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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HILDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
537 PM HST WED AUG 12 2015

...TROPICAL STORM HILDA MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE BIG ISLAND DUE TO MINIMAL PROBABILITY
OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PORTIONS OF
LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND FROM 6 AM HST
THURSDAY THROUGH 6 AM HST SATURDAY.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF THE
BIG ISLAND THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HILDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.2N...LONGITUDE 152.4W...OR ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HILO OR ABOUT 455 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU. TROPICAL STORM
HILDA IS MOVING WEST AT 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM HILDA IS SLOWLY TRACKING WEST THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FLARE ALONG THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE
STORM BUT THE LOW LEVEL CENTER IS EXPOSED DUE TO SHEARING CAUSED
BY THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT. HILDA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THURSDAY...WHILE TROPICAL STORM PROBABILITIES
WITH THE LATEST FORECAST REMAIN MINIMAL ENOUGH TO DROP THE WATCH
FOR THE BIG ISLAND. HILDA WILL LIKELY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS...BREEZY WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE STATE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS HILDA TRACKS BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

HIZ023>028-130445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.TR.A.2010.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
537 PM HST WED AUG 12 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS HILDA TRACKS BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED BUT STRONG WINDS MAY STILL ENHANCED
BY THE ISLAND TERRAIN. LEEWARD AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG
DOWNSLOPE WINDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES.
ANTICIPATING 8 TO 12 FOOT SURF HEIGHTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM 6 AM
THURSDAY THROUGH 6 AM HST SATURDAY DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM
TROPICAL STORM HILDA MOVING OVER THE BIG ISLAND. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES.

$$

FOSTER
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