Modulator 6024B Kualoa Point 8-9-2019

The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), together with the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, conducted siren testing at Kualoa Point near Kaaawa Valley Road (21.53569, -157.84001) Friday 8-9-2019 at about 10:35 AM. This fills a gap area.

Residents nearby may hear the siren sound for 30-seconds to 3-minute intervals during the identified timeframe. Testing will include short blasts known as “burps”. During the tests, Emergency Management Officials and Technicians will be checking the functionality of the sirens.

These sirens were installed as part of HI-EMA’s ongoing Outdoor Warning Siren Program. Other sirens will be updated, and new sirens installed, at various locations across the state under this Program.

The Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety is one part of Hawaii’s Statewide Alert & Warning System used to notify the public during pending emergencies.

HI-EMA encourages the public to make use of other supplemental methods of warning including, but not limited to, signing up for the HNL.INFO mass text notification system and utilizing NOAA Weather Radio.

Listed below are the time stamps for each signal.

Live voice message 0:00
3 Minute Alert 1:05
30 Second Alert 500 ft 4:17
30 Second Alert 500 ft 5:23
30 Second Alert 500 ft 6:25
30 Second Wail 500 ft 7:24
30 Second Hi-Lo 500 ft 8:15
30 Second Hazmat 500 ft 9:08
30 Second Alert 400 ft 10:04
30 Second Alert 300 ft 11:09
30 Second Alert 200 ft 12:08
30 Second Alert 100 ft 13:11
30 Second Alert 100 ft 14:10
30 Second Alert 100 ft 15:00
30 Second Wail 100 ft 15:47
30 Second Hi-Lo 100 ft 16:37
30 Second Hazmat 100 ft 17:26
30 Second Alert 65 ft 18:20
End of testing voice 19:22

Temperature
High 86
Low 74
Mostly cloudy Wind S 6 mph