Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Nov 2, 2000, 4:50 AM HST (14:50 UTC)

Expired

Nov 2, 2000, 7:50 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 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGHW50 PHFO 021457
FFWHI
FFWHI 
HIZ004-008-021450-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
450 AM HST THU NOV 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...HILO PUNA AND KAU AREAS BIG ISLAND
 
* UNTIL 750 AM HST THURSDAY
	
* AT 450 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS
  PERSISTENT RGENERATING THUNDERSTORM CELLS OVER THE HILO PUNA
  AND KAU.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN
  THE HILO PUNA AND KAU.

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 WARNING ARE OVER.

HILO IS STILL RECEIVING ITS HEAVIEST RAINFALL EVER IN 24 HOURS
OF OVER 24 INCHES SO FAR. THE HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS ARE STATIONARY
APPEARING ANCHORED TO THEIR LOCATIONS. THESE CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO 
WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING.

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 2, 4:42 AM HST, 8 minutes earlier.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
4 AM HST THU NOV 2 2000

SUMMARY...TODAY INCLEMENT STATEWIDE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ANCHORED
TO BIG ISLAND. SOME IMPROVEMENT TOMORROW.

DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW 300 MILES WEST OF KAUAI HAS PRODUCED A
TROUGH AT THE SURFACE..ENOUGH TO TURN WINDS ACROSS THE STATE
SOUTHEASTERLY. THE LOW HAS PRODUCED AN OVERCAST BLANKET AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WHICH HAS PRODUCED SHOWERS OVER ALL ISLANDS BUT
MOST NOTABLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE BIG ISLAND. HEAVY CELLS
HAVE BEEN ANCHORED FROM HILO TO KAU SINCE COMING ONSHORE YESTERDAY
DURING THE EVENING. OVER 20 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE HILO
AREA. WE EXPECT THE HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS TO DIMINISH LATER THIS
MORNING BUT THE UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL STILL BE WITH US TODAY AND
PROBABLY TONIGHT WITH IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED TOMORROW AS THE LOW FILLS
AND ITS SUPPORTING TROUGH WEAKENS.

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 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 02 THU    14010
    03 FRI    14010
    04 SAT    13015
    05 SUN    09015
    06 MON    08020
    07 TUE    08020
    08 WED    07020
    09 THU    07015
    10 FRI    08020
    11 SAT    08020

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.