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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Feb 26, 2002, 5:30 AM 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
- Feb 26, 2002, 5:30 AM HST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2002, 8:30 AM 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 12:00Z, 3.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGHW50 PHFO 261524 FFWHI HIZ004-261830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 530 AM HST TUE FEB 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH AND EAST HAWAII INCLUDING THE KOHALA HAMAKUA HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS * UNTIL 830 AM HST AT 530 AM HST...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON FOR ANOTHER TWO TO THREE HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PERSON FROM KOHALA TO PUNA 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. CRAIG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU
2 follow-up statements
000 WGHW70 PHFO 261626 FFSHI HIZ004-261730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 630 AM HST TUE FEB 26 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM HST FOR NORTH AND EAST HAWAII... RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER HILO AND NORTH PUNA DISTRICTS. HEAVIEST SHOWERS HAVE BEEN SLIPPING SOUTHWARD OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO AND MUCH OF THE HAMAKUA COAST IS EXPERIENCING ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE ALSO SOME EXTREMELY HEAVY SHOWERS...WITH RADAR INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES PER HOUR...OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH OF THE KAU DISTRICT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW FOCUSED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF HILO AND THE PUNA DISTRICT MAY FEEL THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE KAU DISTRICT MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HEAVY SHOWER TO THE SOUTH OF KAU ARE MOVING WEST...BUT AT A SLOWER RATE OF ABOUT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. FARRELL
000 WGHW70 PHFO 261656 AAA FFSHI HIZ004-261730- UPDATED FOR ENDING TIME OF FLASH FLOOD WARNING ONLY FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 700 AM HST TUE FEB 26 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM HST FOR NORTH AND EAST HAWAII... RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER HILO AND NORTH PUNA DISTRICTS. HEAVIEST SHOWERS HAVE BEEN SLIPPING SOUTHWARD OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO AND MUCH OF THE HAMAKUA COAST IS EXPERIENCING ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE ALSO SOME EXTREMELY HEAVY SHOWERS...WITH RADAR INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES PER HOUR...OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH OF THE KAU DISTRICT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW FOCUSED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF HILO AND THE PUNA DISTRICT MAY FEEL THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE KAU DISTRICT MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HEAVY SHOWER TO THE SOUTH OF KAU ARE MOVING WEST...BUT AT A SLOWER RATE OF ABOUT 20 MPH. 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 Feb 26, 4:50 AM HST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 4:50 AM HST, 40 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER WAKE PROMOTED WEAK AND VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED ONLY SCATTERED TO LOCALLY BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLAND. A FRONT GRADUALLY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE AND INTRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER TO THE REGION...BUT THESE CHANGES WILL LIKELY ONLY BECOME NOTICEABLE IN JUST OVER 24 HOURS. UNTIL THEN...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. THE WIND WILL REMAIN WEAK AND VARIABLE...THOUGH MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST. SWELL WILL BE FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 7 FEET.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:30 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:15 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.