Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Nov 2, 2000, 11:12 AM HST (21:12 UTC)

Expired

Nov 2, 2000, 2:10 PM HST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Whole counties

County Kauai County, HI

The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.

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WGHW50 PHFO 022112
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ003-030010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1110 AM HST THU NOV  2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MAUI
  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KULA...HANA AND WAILEA
	 
* UNTIL 210 PM HST
	
* AT 1110 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
  MAUI 

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...LAHAINA AND 
  ALSO NEAR WAILEA...WITH ANOTHER AREA MOVING INTO HANA...OVER THE
  NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN 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 MAUI 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.
 
FARRELL     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 2, 10:00 AM HST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

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

SUMMARY...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OVER THE
ISLANDS FROM MOLOKAI TO THE BIG ISLAND. KAUAI AND OAHU ARE ON THE
WESTERN FRINGES AND WILL ONLY RECEIVE LIGHT SHOWERS UNTIL LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE IMPROVING ON FRIDAY.

DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW 300 MILES WEST OF KAUAI IN CONJUNCTION
WITH A TROPICAL SURFACE CIRCULATION SOUTH OF MOLOKAI IS BRINGING
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ISLANDS FROM MOLOKAI TO
HAWAII THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE
ISLANDS IN THE CONVERGENT FLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST
THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE HEAVY STORMS VIRTUALLY ANCHORED IN THE
SAME LOCATION OVER TIME...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. IN ADDITION...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM SIGNATURES HAVE APPEARED ON RADAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH
COLD CLOUD TOPS BELOW MINUS 84 DEGREES CELSIUS OVER KAU ON THE BIG
ISLAND AND A POSSIBLE BOW ECHO WITH SIMILAR CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES
MOVING INTO LANAI AND SOUTHWEST MAUI. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. HEAVY CELLS HAVE BEEN ANCHORED
FROM HILO TO KAU SINCE COMING ONSHORE YESTERDAY DURING THE EVENING.
OVER 26 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE HILO AREA. WE EXPECT THE HEAVY
THUNDERSHOWERS TO DIMINISH ON FRIDAY...FROM EAST TO NORTHWEST.
FARRELL.

.PHFO.....WARNINGS.....FLASH FLOOD BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY
.                      SEVERE THUNDERST0RM SE BIG ISLAND...LANAI
.                      AND SW MAUI
.         WATCHES......FLASH FLOOD OAHU
.         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.