Alert archive / Hawaii / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Dec 7, 2003, 1:00 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
- Dec 7, 2003, 1:00 PM HST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2003, 4:00 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 072301 FFWHI HIZ002-080200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1 PM HST SUN DEC 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OAHU * UNTIL 4 PM HST * AT 1254 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS FROM HAUULA TO KANEOHE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAUULA...KAAAWA...KAHALUU... KANEOHE AND PUNALUU EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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. $$ LAT...LON 2157 15798 2137 15784 2141 15777 2162 15791 CRAIG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGHW70 PHFO 080025 FFSHI HIZ002-080130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 225 PM HST SUN DEC 7 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM HST FOR OAHU... ...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OAHU... RADAR INDICATES THAT THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND WINDWARD DURING THE LAST HOUR. THE RAIN WAS SO HEAVY HOWEVER...THAT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR STREAMS TO LOWER BELOW BANKFULL. STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL OAHU HAS SHIFTED OVER THE LAST HOUR FROM WAHIAWA AND MILILANI SOUTHWARD TO WAIPIO...WAIPAHU AND PEARL HARBOR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN CENTRAL OAHU WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RUNOFF IN THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. $$ CRAIG
000 WGHW70 PHFO 080032 CCA FFSHI HIZ002-080130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 230 PM HST SUN DEC 7 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST FOR OAHU... ...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OAHU... RADAR INDICATES THAT THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND WINDWARD DURING THE LAST HOUR. THE RAIN WAS SO HEAVY HOWEVER...THAT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR STREAMS TO LOWER BELOW BANKFULL. STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL OAHU HAS SHIFTED OVER THE LAST HOUR FROM WAHIAWA AND MILILANI SOUTHWARD TO WAIPIO...WAIPAHU AND PEARL HARBOR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN CENTRAL OAHU WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RUNOFF IN THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. $$ CRAIG
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 Dec 7, 10:40 AM HST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 10:40 AM HST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1040 AM HST SUN DEC 7 2003 .SYNOPSIS...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE...WHICH MEANS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO TODAY. THE TRADE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN MONDAY WHEN HIGH PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE STATE. && .DISCUSSION... NO CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS THINKING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WEST OF KAUAI IS STILL CAUSING THE AIRMASS OVER THE ISLANDS TO BE UNSTABLE. THE RESULT BEING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WATER THIS MORNING. HEAVY SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS EXPECTED WITH THIS AFTERNOONS WARM TEMPERATURES. COOLER TEMPERATURES OVER LAND WILL RESULT IN THE DEMISE OF THE CONVECTION TONIGHT...BUT THE HEAVY STUFF SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE WARM OCEAN WATERS. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST...LEAVING BEHIND WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND A MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE TOMORROW. AT THE SURFACE...A HIGH CROSSING THE DATELINE NEAR 35N WILL MOVE NORTH THEN NORTHEAST OF THE STATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE TRADES WILL PICK UP IN THE TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT SOUTH OF THE HIGH. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE && CRAIG
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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.