This is a Civil Defense message. This is a Tropical Storm Darby update as of Saturday July 23rd at 11 PM. A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Hawai’i County. A flash flood warning is in effect for Hawai’i County until 12:30 AM Sunday, and a High Surf Warning is in effect for east facing shores of Hawai’i County until 6 PM Sunday. A Brown Water Advisory has also been issued […]
This is a Civil Defense Message. This is a Tropical Storm Darby update for Friday July 22nd at 11:00 PM. The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Hawaii County. A high surf warning for east facing shores is also in effect. As of 11 PM tonight, Tropical Storm Darby is located about 150 miles east-southeast of Hilo moving to the west at 10 miles per hour. […]
HAWAII COUNTY CLOSURES County lava viewing and swimming pools are closed effective noon today. All camping and pavilion reservations at County and State parks have been cancelled today through Sunday. All backcountry areas and certain roads in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, are closed effective 5 p.m. today. Saturday, all State and County park facilities are closed until further notice.
Hawai‘i Electric Light offers safety tips for customers HILO, July 21, 2016 – Hawai‘i Electric Light employees are preparing for potential impacts from approaching Tropical Storm Darby. Storms typically bring high winds and other weather conditions which can cause power interruptions. The key to successfully weathering these situations is to be prepared. The company offers the following safety tips: General Know the (Civil Defense) warning signals and where […]
New estimates at 11pm suggest Darby may go further West and across the entire Big Island! Currently forecasts of 50mph when it gets here, near Kohala, Saturday early evening.. Prepare now. Fill up your gas tanks and have plenty of water and batteries just in case. Storm tracking at 11pm moves Darby's center closer to Kohala and now West. To refresh some of the terminology regarding the intensity of storms; […]
11am UPDATE: A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for The Big Island. Tropical Storm Watch Alert: .TROPICAL STORM DARBY HAWAII 19.65N 155.50W Instructions: Target Area: Big Island Interior Big Island North and East Big Island Summit Kohala Kona South Big Island The newest path update for Darby shows it passing directly over Kohala Sunday morning, with effects beginning here Saturday afternoon. It is very possible this will shift or […]
Flash Flood Watch Alert: ...APPROACHING DARBY COULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. * FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * TROPICAL STORM DARBY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE STATE. DEPENDING ON THE […]
