Alert archive / Hawaii / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Nov 2, 2000, 11:31 AM HST for Honolulu County, Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2000, 11:31 AM HST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2000, 2:30 PM HST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Honolulu County, HI, Kauai County, HI
The radar
The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lihue, (PHLI), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGHW50 PHFO 022131 FFWHI FFWHI HIZ004-007-008-030030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 AM HST THU NOV 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE ISLAND OF HAWAII INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KONA...WAIMEA...HILO AND NAALEHU * UNTIL 230 PM HST * AT 1130 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF HAWAII AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE OVER PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS 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 TUNEVD TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. FARRELL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 7:58 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:50 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:50 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 6 hr |
| Nov 2, 4:50 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 7:50 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:25 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:52 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:12 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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.