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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Honolulu, HI

November 27, 2001

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Nov 27, 2001, 9:54 PM 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: Nov 27, 2001, 9:54 PM HST (07:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2001, 1:00 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 280753
FFWHI 
HIZ008-281100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
954 PM HST TUE NOV 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH HAWAII INCLUDING KAU

* UNTIL 100 AM HST

* AT 954 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES EAST OF
  PAHALA...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
  5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NAALEHU...PAHALA...AND HAWAII 
  VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.
  
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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 OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP
NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

R BALLARD

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 Nov 27, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST TUE NOV 27 2001

SUMMARY...A KONA LOW FORMING WEST SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI...A STALLED
FRONTAL BAND OVER MAUI COUNTY AND WET SOUTHERLY FLOW AT ALL LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP THINGS WET FOR ANOTHER
DAY OR TWO. HEAVY SHOWERS ALONG A CONVERGENCE BAND NOW OVER THE BIG
ISLAND WILL LIKELY SPREAD WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS TO HELP
PRODUCE MORE RAIN FOR THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE BIG ISLAND
CONVERGENCE PLUME MAY ALSO ENHANCE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS.

DISCUSSION...THE MUCH HERALDED KONA LOW HAS FORMED WEST SOUTHWEST OF
KAUAI AND IS NOW MOVING WESTWARD SLOWLY. THIS WILL...IN TIME...PULL
THE WET WEATHER NOW OVER THE ISLANDS WESTWARD WITH THE HELP OF AN
UPPER RIDGE TO THE EAST OF THE STATE. IN THE MEANTIME...WET WEATHER
REMAINS IN THE FORECAST AS A MOIST CONVERGENT SOUTHERLY FLOW
CONTINUES TO BRING CONVECTIVE RAINS UP OVER MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG
ISLAND...AND MORE LAYERED CLOUD AND GENERAL RAINS UP OVER OAHU AND
KAUAI. THIS WILL BE THE PATTERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A
GRADUAL WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL FOCUS. THERE MAY BE
SOME CLEARING BY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE
STATE...AS TRADE WINDS BRING MORE STABLE CONDITIONS. FARRELL

.PHFO.....WARNINGS.....FLASH FLOOD SOUTHEASTERN BIG ISLAND
.         WATCHES......FLOOD FOR MOLOKAI LANAI MAUI AND BIG ISLAND
.         ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 7:25 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO		3 hr
Nov 28, 12:35 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO		3 hr

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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.