# Special Weather Statement: Big Island Interior; Big Island Summit; Big Island South; Big Island Southeast; Big Island East — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-12 16:23 ingested 2026-08-13 07:31

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Special Weather Statement — Big Island Interior; Big Island Summit; Big Island South; Big Island Southeast; Big Island East
Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Observed.
WHAT...An episodic fountaining eruption is occurring within the
Kilauea summit caldera. Fountaining episodes typically last less
than 12 hours but ash can remain in the air longer depending on
wind and weather.

IMPACTS...Varying levels of ash, Pele's hair, and other lightweight
tephra may fall downwind of the eruption. Smaller particles can
travel farther from the eruption site and may affect communities
at greater distances. Low level winds will carry any tephra to the
west or southwest of the summit. If the eruption is strong enough
to loft tephra above the trade wind inversion, tephra may be
carried to the north or northeast.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.