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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 7, 2003

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Dec 7, 2003, 8:55 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, 8:55 PM HST (06:55 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2003, 12:00 AM 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 080700
FFWHI 
HIZ002-081000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
855 PM HST SUN DEC 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OAHU

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST

* AT 846 PM HST...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  OVER MOST OF OAHU WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAIMALU...HALAWA...AIEA...
  ALIAMANU...EWA BEACH...EWA...FORT   
  SHAFTER...HALEIWA...WAIALUA...HAUULA AND HONOLULU

RAIN GAUGES AND STRONG WEATHER RADAR ECHOS INDICATE HEAVY SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF OAHU INCLUDING 
MOST OF HONOLULU. THE WILSON RESERVOIR IS NEAR OVERFLOW LEVEL AND 
ADDDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING DOWNSTREAM ON KAUKONAHUA STREAM 
IN THE WAIALUA AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS
AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER. ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING 
DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. 

$$
LAT...LON 2159 15821 2123 15798 2141 15759 2171 15805

HOAG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGHW70 PHFO 080852
FFSHI 
HIZ002-080930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1045 PM HST SUN DEC 7 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST FOR OAHU...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 840 AM HST MONDAY FOR 
KAUAI...

AT 1035 PM HST...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER KUNIA...EWA...KAPOLEI AND MAKAKILO.  THE HEAVY RAIN 
AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.  

ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES AN OVERALL WEAKENING TREND OF THE RAINFALL 
INTENSITIES...FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS IN CENTRAL OAHU WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT HST.  

THE 4 HOUR RAINFALL REPORTS AS OF 1000 PM HST INDICATE 7.31 INCHES 
AT MOANALUA...5.65 INCHES AT MILILANI...5.19 INCHES AT WAIAWA....AND 
4.21 INCHES AT PALISADES.

MOANALUA FREEWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO OVERFLOW OF MOANALUA STREAM 
NEAR MOANALUA GARDENS.  THE BRIDGE AT KIPAPA GULCH HAS ALSO BEEN 
CLOSED DUE TO RUNOFF.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$
KODAMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 7, 3:30 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	4 hr
Dec 7, 6:30 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	2 hr
Dec 7, 11:40 PM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	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.