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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

November 2, 2000Honolulu County, Kauai County, Hawaii

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lihue, at 12:00Z on 2000-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 363 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lihue, at 12:00Z on 2000-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 7:58 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr
Nov 1, 10:50 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr
Nov 1, 10:50 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai6 hr
Nov 2, 4:50 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr
Nov 2, 7:50 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr
Nov 2, 8:25 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai3 hr
Nov 2, 8:52 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai3 hr
Nov 2, 11:12 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr

Nearby

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

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.