Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Oct 24, 2001, 6:15 PM HST (04:15 UTC)

Expired

Oct 24, 2001, 9:15 PM 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 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
615 PM HST WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST MAUI
  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...HANA...KIPAHULU AND SEVEN SACRED 
  POOLS AREA
	 
* UNTIL 915 PM HST
	
* AT 615 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE EAST AND 
  SOUTHEASTERN FLANKS OF HALEAKALA

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE OVER EAST MAUI FOR 
  THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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

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 INDOORS.

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.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS A LEADING 
KILLER AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY 
LIGHTNING. STAY OUT FROM UNDER TALL TREES AND AWAY FROM THE OCEAN 
AND BEACHES IF LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. DO NOT TOUCH OR REMAIN CLOSE 
TO METAL POLES OR FENCES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.
 
FARRELL      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 24, 3:31 PM HST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT
STATE OF SAMOA

TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...

SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A BAND OF CLOUDS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED
EMBEDDED SHOWERS IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR SOUTHWEST. THIS
SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST ALIGNED CLOUD BAND IS ABOUT 275 MILES WIDE. IT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH YOUR ISLANDS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE GRADUALLY FRIDAY. VARIABLE WINDS LESS
THAN 10 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 10
EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. 3 TO 5 FT SOUTHWEST SWELL.

OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SOUTHEAST TRADE WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED TRADE SHOWERS. 4 TO 6 FT
SOUTHWEST SWELL.

NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU

TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...TUVALU TIME...

SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN AREA OF CLOUDINESS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS JUST BEYOND 375 MILES EAST OF TUVALU. THIS AREA HAS
REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO STAY EAST OF
YOUR ISLAND.  VERY FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS SURROUND YOUR
IMMEDIATE VICINITY. THUS EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH POSSIBLY
AN ISOLATED SHOWER.  WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST TONIGHT BUT TURN
EASTERLY LATE TOMORROW (FRIDAY). SPEEDS WILL BE GENERALLY 10 KTS OR
LESS BUT INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KT SATURDAY.

Flash Flood Warnings in Hawaii, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.