Alert archive / Hawaii / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Mar 24, 2001, 10:10 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
- Mar 24, 2001, 10:10 PM HST (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2001, 1:10 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 250814 FFWHI HIZ002-251110- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1010 PM HST SAT MAR 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OAHU INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...MILILANI...WAIPIO...WAIPAHU... MAKAKILO...NANAKULI * UNTIL 110 AM HST * AT 1000 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OAHU. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...MILILANI...WAIPIO...WAIPAHU...MAKAKILO...NANAKULI FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 INFORMATION. POWELL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU
1 follow-up statement
000 FGHW50 PHFO 251100 FFSHI HIZ002-251200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1245 AM HST SUN MAR 25 2001 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU IS CANCELLED AT 1245 AM HST. THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU IS CANCELLED AT 1245 AM HST. AT 1230 AM...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS DECREASING ACROSS OAHU. ALSO...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS CEASED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. POWELL 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 Mar 24, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AFDHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST SAT MAR 24 2001 SUMMARY...CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AS SOUTHERLY 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS BRING IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY TOMORROW AND GRADUAL DRYING SHOULD OCCUR. SUNNIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS THE SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE ISLANDS STRENGTHENS AGAIN. DISCUSSION...SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ISLANDS THIS EVENING. WHILE MOST OF THE ACTIVITY LIES NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...RADAR SHOWS MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST OAHU AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF MOLOKAI AND LANAI. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR. MODELS SHOW THIS UPPER TROUGH MOVING EASTWARD TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...RESULTING IN DECREASING SHOWERS AFTER TONIGHT. AS THE NEW WEEK BEGINS WE WILL BE UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT SO SUNNIER WEATHER WILL PREDOMINATE. OTHER FEATURES IN THE COMING WEEK INCLUDE A LARGE AND BROAD TROUGH IN THE UPPER WESTERLIES NEAR THE DATELINE AROUND MIDWEEK AND A CUTOFF LOW ALOFT APPROACHING FROM THE EAST. HOWEVER...THE ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE STABLE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IN BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE FORECAST PEReIOD. POWELL .PHFO.....WARNINGS.....NONE . WATCHES......NONE . ADVISORIES...NONE.
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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.