Alert archive / Hawaii / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 2002, 3:12 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 7, 2002, 3:12 PM HST (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2002, 6:10 PM 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 080112 FFWHI HIZ002-080410- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 310 PM HST THU MAR 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL OAHU INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...MILILANI...WAHIAWA AND WHEELER FIELD. * UNTIL 610 PM HST * AT 310 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OAHU. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR OF OAHU INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WAIANAE MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOOLAUS. 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 OAHU 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
3 follow-up statements
000 WGHW70 PHFO 080145 FFSHI HIZ002-080300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 PM HST THU MAR 7 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 610 PM HST FOR CENTRAL OAHU... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF OAHU AT ABOUT 3 PM AND IS SPREADING OUT TO COVER MUCH OF CENTRAL OAHU...FROM PEARL CITY AND AIEA TO KUNIA...AT THIS HOUR. RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF OAHU...WITH RAINFALL RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH SOME MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST...ESPECIALLY DOWN THE KOOLAU SLOPES TOWARD PEARL CITY AND AIEA. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL ROAD FLOODING AND SOME DRY STREAMS TO FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER AND POSSIBLY FLOOD USUALLY DRY AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. FARRELL
000 WGHW70 PHFO 080255 FFSHI HIZ002-080610- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 500 PM HST THU MAR 7 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OAHU HAS BEEN CANCELLED.... THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER CENTRAL OAHU...WITH THE MAIN SHOWERS NOW CONCENTRATING ON THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE ISLAND NEAR KAHUKU. ALL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO END SHORTLY AFTER DARK...AND NO FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. FARRELL
000 WGHW70 PHFO 080314 FFSHI HIZ002-080610- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 500 PM HST THU MAR 7 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OAHU HAS BEEN CANCELLED.... THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER CENTRAL OAHU...WITH THE MAIN SHOWERS NOW CONCENTRATING ON THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE ISLAND NEAR KAHUKU. ALL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO END SHORTLY AFTER DARK...AND NO FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. FARRELL
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 7, 2:23 PM HST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 2:23 PM HST, 49 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW THAT SKIES HAVE BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER SAMOA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS BEING REPORTED. A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LIES JUST TO THE NORTH OF YOU BUT THIS IS NOT HELPING KEEP MOISTURE FROM A FRONTAL SYSTEM WELL TO YOUR SOUTH FROM MOVING INTO YOUR AREA. THE AVN MODEL KEEPS THIS MOISTURE AREA JUST TO YOUR SOUTH SO LITTLE CHANGE IN YOUR WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THUS YOU WILL HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. A SOUTHERLY SWELL OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO MOVE BACK OVER THE SAMOAN ISLANDS... RESULTING IN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. THE SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...TUVALU TIME... SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF FUNAFUTI. THIS SHOWER AREA IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST AND MAY GIVE FUNAFUTI A FEW SHOWERS. OTHERWISE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LIES JUST TO TO SOUTH OF YOU. THUS YOUR WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 KNOTS. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD.
Nearby
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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.