Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Nov 3, 2000, 9:15 PM HST (07:15 UTC)

Expired

Nov 4, 2000, 12:15 AM 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 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGHW50 PHFO 040715
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ004-008-041015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
915 PM HST FRI NOV  3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...THE PUNA DISTRICT OF EASTERN HAWAII
  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...PAHOA...KEHENA...KALAPANA AND
  KAPAAHU
	 
* UNTIL 1215 AM HST SATURDAY
	
* AT 915 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND INLAND FROM
  THE COAST FROM CAPE KUMUKAHI TO APUA POINT

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN]
  THE PUNA AND VOLCANOES AREA.

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 DANGEROUS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
ALREADY OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY AND CONTINUE PRECAUTIONS UNTIL THE THREAT AND THE WARNING
ARE OVER. 

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.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LIGHTING IS A LEADING
KILLER AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHTING. STAY OUT FROM UNDER TALL TREES AND AWAY FROM THE OCEAN
AND BEACHES IF LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. DO NOT TOUCH OR REMAIN
CLOSE TO META5L POLES OR FENCES.

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 3, 7:57 PM HST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST FRI NOV 3 2000

SUMMARY...MORE ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVER THE
ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...BUT TRADES SHOULD BE RETURNING...
ALONG WITH WINDWARD SHOWERS ON SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...A KONA LOW THAT WAS MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECORD
RAINFALL ON THE BIG ISLAND THURSDAY IS NOW SITUATED TO THE NORTH OF
THE ISLANDS...WITH A WEAK SURFACE LOW BENEATH IT. THIS LOW WILL BE
SLOW MOVING AND WHILE IT IS FORECAST BY ALL MODELS TO WEAKEN...ITS
PRESENCE WILL CONTINUE THE UNSTABLE AND UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE
STATE...AND KEEP ISOLATED POCKETS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS AROUND INTO THE WEEKEND. WHILE FORECAST MODELS ARE
PREDICTING A RETURN OF TRADE WINDS ON SUNDAY...THIS MAY ALSO HAVE
THE EFFECT OF PULLING A GOOD DEAL OF THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS KONA LOW BACK OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE FORM OF ENHANCED TRADE
SHOWERS...SO DRIER AND SUNNIER CONDITIONS MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
MONDAY.

SURF...A STORM UP NEAR ADAK HAS GENERATED AND IS CONTINUING TO
GENERATE A NORTHWEST SWELL FOR THE ISLANDS. THIS SHOULD ARRIVE
SOMETIME ON SUNDAY FOR A LIKELY PROLONGED HIGH SURF EVENT. FARRELL

.PHFO.....WARNINGS.....NONE
.         WATCHES......NONE
.         ADVISORIES...USSFA FOR MAUI CANCELLED
*****************************************************************
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  3 FRI    VRB05
     4 SAT    14010
     5 SUN    10015
     6 MON    09020
     7 TUE    09020
     8 WED    09020
     9 THU    09020
    10 FRI    09020
    11 SAT    09020
    12 SUN    10015

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.