Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Nov 1, 2000, 10:50 PM HST (08:50 UTC)

Expired

Nov 2, 2000, 1:50 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 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGHW50 PHFO 020850
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ004-008-021150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1050 PM HST WED NOV 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST BIG ISLAND FROM LAPAHOEHOE TO HILO
  ACROSS THE VOLCANO AREA TO TO SOUTH POINT
	 
* UNTIL 150 AM HST THURSDAY
	
* AT 1050 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SLOW MOVING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PEPEEKEO
  SOUTHWARD TO PAHALA.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE ALL ALONG THE ABOVE
  THUNDERSTORM LINE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FLOODING IS ALREADY 
OCCURRING. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AND 
CONTINUE PRECAUTIONS UNTIL THE THREAT AND THE WARNING ARE OVER. 

MOTORISTS 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.
 
MATSUDA   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 1, 9:12 PM HST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST WED NOV 1 2000

SUMMARY...HEAVY RAINFALL MAINLY BIG ISLAND TO DIMINISH TONIGHT.
STILL CLOUDY TOMORROW WITH A FEW SHOWERS. PARTIAL CLEARING
FRIDAY.

DISCUSSION...THE UPPER TROUGH WEST OF THE ISLANDS HAS DEEPENED
MORE THAN EXPECTED AFFECTING THE LOWER LEVEL WINDS AS WELL AND
MAKING THEM MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. THIS HAS APPARENTLY CAUSED THE HEAVY
SHOWERS SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND TO MOVE OVER THAT ISLAND.
HOWEVER WE WILL CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY THE MODELS PROJECTION OF
WEAKENING THE TROUGH AND BELIEVE THAT ITS CLOUD SYSTEM AND THE
FURTHER THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH...WE
SHOULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE BY FRIDAY WITH THE WEEKEND QUITE NICE.

SURF...POSSIBLE NORTHWEST HIGH SURF SUNDAY/MONDAY. MATSUDA

.PHFO.....WARNINGS.....FLASH FLOOD BIG ISLAND
.         WATCHES......FLASH FLOOD MAUI AND BIG ISLAND
.         ADVISORIES...NONE

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FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO FIGHT BRUSH FIRES. A WIND OF 09015 IS
FROM THE EAST (OR FROM 090 DEGREE COMPASS READING) AT 15 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 01 WED    10015
    02 THU    11015
    03 FRI    11015
    04 SAT    10015
    05 SUN    09015
    06 MON    08020
    07 TUE    08020
    08 WED    08020
    09 THU    07020
    10 FRI    07020

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.