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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Honolulu, HI

October 15, 2002Honolulu County, Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Oct 15, 2002, 6:55 AM HST for Honolulu County, 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
Oct 15, 2002, 6:55 AM HST (16:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2002, 9:55 AM HST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Honolulu County, HI, Kauai County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Lihue, (PHLI), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 151657
FFWHI 
HIZ003-005-006-151955-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
655 AM HST TUE OCT 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LANAI
  
* UNTIL 955 AM HST

* AT 652 AM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 53 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MAUNALOA...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF HONOLULU...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LANAI CITY...MANELE BAY

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
POLICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

FARRELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 3:55 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFO3 hr
Oct 15, 4:15 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu3 hr
Oct 15, 6:03 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai3 hr
Oct 15, 7:52 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai3 hr
Oct 15, 12:52 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Hawaii, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.