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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

October 28, 2000Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2000, 6:15 PM HST for 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: Oct 28, 2000, 6:15 PM HST (04:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 28, 2000, 9:15 PM HST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Area: Whole counties

County Kauai County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Lihue, (PHLI), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGHW50 PHFO 290422
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ003-290715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
615 PM HST SAT OCT 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HANA HIGHWAY ON MAUI
  	 
* UNTIL 915 PM HST
	
* AT 615 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF 
MOUNT HALEAKALA WHERE HEAVY RUNOFF IS CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION 
ALONG THE HIGHWAY.  MAUI POLICE REPORTS SEVERAL RESCUES UNDERWAY OF 
PEOPLE STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY. 

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN 
THE AREA BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL TO ESPECIALLY THE AREA BETWEEN 
KAILUA AND NAHIKU.

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

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. PERSON IN THE AREA 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.
 
ROSENDAL     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

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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.