Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Nov 2, 2000, 8:52 AM HST (18:52 UTC)

Expired

Nov 2, 2000, 11:50 AM HST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Honolulu County, HI, Kauai County, HI

The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WGHW50 PHFO 021852
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ004-007-008-022150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
850 AM HST THU NOV  2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...WEST HAWAII.
  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE ISLAND 
  OF HAWAII INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KONA...HILO AND THE
  ENTIRE ISLAND OF HAWAII.
	 
* UNTIL 1150 AM HST
	
* AT 850 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST OFFSHORE OF THE 
  KONA SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE
  OVER OTHER PARTS OF THE BIG ISLAND ALSO.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...KONA AND THE 
  WESTERN PORTION OF THE BIG ISLAND BY 10 AM.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS DURING THE
NEXT TWO HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 
PERSON ON NORTH AND EAST HAWAII...WEST HAWAII...SOUTH HAWAII SHOULD 
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AND SEEK HIGHER 
GROUND OR REMAIN IN DOORS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER...MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. ESCAPE RISING WATER
BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A
FLOOD EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP NEAR STREAMS
OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.
 
fFARRELL    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 2, 7:55 AM HST, 57 minutes earlier.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
755 AM HST THU NOV 2 2000

SUMMARY...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT ALL
ISLANDS BUT KAUAI TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
ISLANDS BUT KAUAI AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HILO
PUNA AND KAU ON THE BIG ISLAND. SOME IMPROVEMENT TOMORROW.

DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW 300 MILES WEST OF KAUAI HAS PRODUCED A
TROUGH AT THE SURFACE..ENOUGH TO TURN WINDS ACROSS THE STATE
SOUTHEASTERLY. THE LOW HAS PRODUCED AN OVERCAST BLANKET AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WHICH HAS PRODUCED SHOWERS OVER AND SOUTH OF ALL
ISLANDS BUT MOST NOTABLY OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
BIG ISLAND. HEAVY CELLS HAVE BEEN ANCHORED FROM HILO TO KAU SINCE
COMING ONSHORE YESTERDAY DURING THE EVENING. OVER 26 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN THE HILO AREA. WE EXPECT THE HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS TO
DIMINISH BY FRIDAY...FROM EAST TO NORTHWEST. FARRELL.

.PHFO.....WARNINGS.....FLASH FLOOD EASTERN BIG ISLAND
.         WATCHES......FLASH FLOOD OAHU MOLOKAI LANAI MAUI HAWAII
.         ADVISORIES...NONE

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FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO FIGHT BRUSH FIRES. A WIND OF 14010 IS
FROM THE SOUTHEAST (OR FROM 140 DEGREE COMPASS READING) AT 10 MPH.
NO ALLOWANCES ARE MADE FOR DIURNAL OR TERRAIN DIFFERENCES.
WINDS ARE USUALLY MORE GUSTY DURING THE DAY THAN AT NIGHT.

DATE   DAY  ALL ISLANDS
NOV 02 THU    VRB05
    03 FRI    14010
    04 SAT    13015
    05 SUN    09015
    06 MON    08020
    07 TUE    08020
    08 WED    07020
    09 THU    07015
    10 FRI    08020
    11 SAT    08020

Flash Flood Warnings in Hawaii, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.