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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Honolulu HI

1043 AM HST Wed Jan 14 2026



The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Kauai Leeward Waters...

  Kauai Northwest Waters...

  Kauai Windward Waters...



* Until 1130 AM HST.



* At 1042 AM HST, a line of showers was located 7 nm northeast of 

  Lehua Rock, or 11 nm west of Barking Sands, 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...

  Lehua Rock, Southern Tip of Niihau, FAD Buoy EK, and Hanalei Bay.



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 2223 15944 2220 15951 2223 15956 2216 15972

      2207 15979 2201 15978 2170 16027 2180 16024

      2178 16020 2185 16018 2190 16007 2199 16005

      2199 16010 2190 16022 2235 16010 2261 15959

TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 243DEG 31KT 2209 15998 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



$$

JT