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WHHW40 PHFO 250130
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
330 PM HST TUE NOV 24 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU
KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI...AND FOR NORTH FACING SHORES OF MAUI...

.OVERVIEW...A STORM FAR NORTHWEST OF HAWAII GENERATED A LARGE
SWELL SEVERAL DAYS AGO THAT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SURF WILL PEAK AT WARNING LEVELS WEDNESDAY THEN FALL TO
ADVISORY LEVELS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

HIZ001>003-006>008-012-013-017-019-020-251430-
/O.NEW.PHFO.SU.W.0005.091125T0400Z-091126T1600Z/
NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-WAIANAE COAST-
OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-
MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-
330 PM HST TUE NOV 24 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM HST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM HST
THURSDAY.

SURF WILL RISE TO 20 TO 30 FEET ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES OF
NIIHAU KAUAI AND OAHU LATE TONIGHT...AND ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES
OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI WEDNESDAY MORNING.

SURF WILL RISE TO 10 TO 20 FEET ALONG WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU
KAUAI AND OAHU LATE TONIGHT...AND ALONG WEST FACING SHORES OF
MOLOKAI WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

&&

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CRAIG