Hurricane Warning Issued for Alenuihaha Channel and Big Island Waters
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on August 14, 2026, 9 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Honolulu has issued a Hurricane Warning for Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters, and Big Island Southeast Waters effective from 6 PM Friday until 6 AM Sunday.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Hurricane Warning
- Affected area
- Big Island Waters, Hawaii
- Issued
- August 14, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Honolulu HI
The warning type, named area, and issue time define this record. Confirm all three against the original agency notice before treating it as current.
Record status: historical. It was issued 9 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Big Island Waters, Hawaii.
Alert Details
A Hurricane Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service Honolulu HI. The alert is effective from 6 PM Friday until 6 AM Sunday HST.
Affected Areas
Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters, and Big Island Southeast Waters.
What You Should Do
Mariners should remain in port, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for extreme conditions.
Expected Conditions
East winds 40 to 65 kt with gusts up to 70 kt and seas 18 to 23 feet. Extremely strong winds will cause hazardous seas which will likely capsize or damage vessels and severely reduce visibility.
Timeline
Hurricane Warning: 6 PM Friday until 6 AM Sunday. Small Craft Advisory remains in effect until 6 PM HST Friday.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (721 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to August 14, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.