That covers the agencies we follow. It is not an all clear. For local updates, check with the Kauaʻi Emergency Management Agency.
Every official alert that covers Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, newest first, from the National Weather Service. Below are the County of Kauaʻi planning links and emergency numbers worth saving while the weather is calm.
As of 9:48 PM HST, the National Weather Service has no watches, warnings or advisories in effect for Kauaʻi.
The National Weather Service uses these terms precisely, and the difference between two of them is the difference between packing and leaving.
A watch upgrading to a warning is not a small change in wording. Treat it as the signal to stop preparing and start doing.
Every number here was read off the agency's own page on the date shown. Agencies do change them, so if one does not connect, use the source link beside it.
For a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Kauaʻi County publishes planning maps but no live feed of road closures or shelter openings, and Kauaʻi’s power comes from KIUC rather than Hawaiian Electric. So the alerts above are National Weather Service products only. County announcements come from the links above, and during an event they change faster than any page that is not the county's own.
A refuge area is a last resort, not a first choice. Your own home, a friend or family member's home, or even your workplace may be safer than a public hurricane refuge area, because those are ordinary buildings that were never built or retrofitted to a storm shelter standard. Pick two places outside your evacuation zone now, and go to a public site only if you have no safer option. This is the county's own guidance.
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