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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 6, 2002Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 2002, 5:00 PM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. 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 6, 2002, 5:00 PM HST (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2002, 8:00 PM HST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Area
Whole counties

County Kauai County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Lihue, (PHLI), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lihue, at 00:00Z on 2002-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 951 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lihue, at 00:00Z on 2002-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGHW50 PHFO 060258
FFWHI
HIZ004-008-060600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
500 PM HST TUE MAR 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM LAUPAHOEHOE TO HILO

* UNTIL 800 PM HST

* AT 454 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF PEPEEKEO WITH A
  POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATE OF 3 INCHES AN HOUR.

* HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED THE CLOSING OF THE COASTAL HIGHWAY
  NEAR HAKALAU...TRAFFIC IS CLOSED BOTH WAYS.

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 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.

MATSUDA   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.