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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 8, 2001

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Feb 8, 2001, 2:28 AM HST. 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: Feb 8, 2001, 2:28 AM HST (12:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 8, 2001, 5:30 AM HST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGHW50 PHFO 081228
FFWHI 
HIZ008-081530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
230 AM HST THU FEB  8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 600 AM HST FOR THE PUNA SECTION OF EAST 
  HAWAII ESPECIALLY THE AREA BETWEEN PAHOA...GLENWOOD... VOLCANO AND 
  SOUTH TO THE COAST.
	
* AT 230 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE PUNA SECTION OF EAST HAWAII.
  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS LOCATED IN AN AREA BETWEEN THE 
  COMMUNITIES OF PAHOA...GLENWOOD... VOLCANO AND SOUTH TO THE COAST.
  RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF MORE THAN TWO INCHES IN MANY 
  AREAS. 

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 TO CROSS 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 STATEMENTS.
 
OLSON     NATIONAL WBEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGHW70 PHFO 081603
FFSHI 
HIZ008-081900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
600 AM HST THU FEB  8 2001

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE PUNA SECTION OF EAST HAWAII HAS 
EXPIRED AT 600 AM HST.

SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE IN THE PUNA SECTION OF EAST HAWAII 
BUT THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED AT THIS TIME.  RADAR 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 4 INCHES WERE COMMON BUT VERY LOCALIZED 
IN THE AREA SOUTH AND WEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF PAHOA.

HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKLEY 
TO DEVELOP TODAY OVER OR NEAR SOUTH AND EAST HAWAII SO STAY TUNED TO 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHERNATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE STATEMENTS.

OLSON    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 7, 8:30 PM HST, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 8:30 PM HST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

AFDHI
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST WED FEB 7 2001

SUMMARY...A LOW NORTH NORTHWEST OF HONOLULU CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY
TO THE NORTHWEST. AS A RESULT...WINDS ACROSS THE ISLANDS WILL BE
LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN DIRECTION. SOME SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE LARGER
ISLANDS.  SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

DISCUSSION...THE LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 350 NM NORTH NORTHWEST OF
HONOLULU AND IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST. THE LOW CONTINUES TO
WEAKEN AND SHOULD LIFT TO THE NORTH IN TIME. THE WEAK PRESSURE
GRADIENT SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM PLACES THE ISLANDS IN GENERALLY LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS.  AFTERNOON HEATING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE LARGER
ISLANDS... MAY DEVELOP SHOWERS BOTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY.
SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AN UPPER AIR TROUGH
WILL ADD TO THE INSTABILITY OVER THE ISLANDS THRU FRIDAY. TRADE
WINDS WILL START RETURNING TO THE ISLAND BY FRIDAY STARTING WITH THE
BIG ISLAND AND WORKING THEIR WAY NORTH IN TIME.

SURF...THE LOW TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO SEND A SWELL TO OUR
NORTH AND EAST SHORES. THE SWELL AND SURF WILL SLOWLY DROP OFF
TONIGHT AFTER HIGH TIDE.  A SEPARATE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE
TO BRING SURF OF ADVISORY HEIGHTS ALONG THE NORTH SHOWERS THRU
TOMORROW.  OLSON.

.PHFO.....WARNINGS.....NONE/
.         WATCHES......NONE
.         ADVISORIES...HIGH SURF NORTH AND EAST SHORES

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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.