The warning clock ran out. The weather did not.
Hurricane Lowell, Advisory 51, 11 a.m. HST: 75 mph, 230 miles north-northwest of Lihue, moving north at 15 mph. Pressure 979 mb. That is a Category 1 hanging onto the label by a mile. Hurricane-force winds reach 60 miles. Tropical-storm-force winds 205.
The line that is new: there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. This morning Kauai still had a hurricane warning. Oahu still had a tropical storm warning. Civil Beat: Kauai and Niihau were off the hurricane warning late Tuesday morning. That is NHC taking the flags down because the core is leaving, not because the county is finished.
Rain is still the second storm. Additional Kauai 1 to 3 inches, maximum storm totals still as high as 24. Big Island 3 to 6 more, isolated storm total 8 — NHC now flags significant flash flooding and mudslides on portions of the Big Island. Oahu and Maui County 1 to 3, isolated 8. Surf stays life-threatening for days. Next complete advisory: 5 p.m. HST.
Do not treat a blank warning map as a beach day. Do not treat 75 as a tropical storm until they say it.
What this means for you
If you are on Kauai, the warning is down and the roads are not a parade. If you are on Oahu, gusts are no longer the official warning; flood and surf still are. If you fly Lihue, the airport closed Monday — the airline, not a cousin.
Bottom line: flags down. Cat 1, 230 miles out. Rain and surf still on the islands.
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