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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

October 29, 2000Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Oct 29, 2000, 3:30 PM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 2 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 29, 2000, 3:30 PM HST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2000, 5:30 PM HST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Area
Whole counties

County Kauai County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Lihue, (PHLI), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lihue, at 00:00Z on 2000-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lihue, at 00:00Z on 2000-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 300132
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ003-300330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
330 PM HST SUN OCT 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST MAUI INCLUDING HANA
	 
* UNTIL 530 PM HST
	
* AT 330 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM STATIONARY OVER EAST MAUI BETWEEN 
  HANA AND NAHIKU IN THE HONONAELE GULCH.

* THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE SAME AREA HAS 
  BEEN REPLACE BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING

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 GROUNG

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.
 
CRAIG      NATIONAL WEATH0ER SERVICE HONOLULU

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 5:30 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai2 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.