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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

June 5, 2003

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2003, 1:57 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: Jun 5, 2003, 1:57 PM HST (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2003, 5:00 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 052357
FFWHI 
HIZ002-060300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
157 PM HST THU JUN 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OAHU

* UNTIL 500 PM HST

* AT 157 PM HST...RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 
  WAHIAWA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONOLULU. THE AREA OF 
  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WHEELER AFB...WAHIAWA...SCHOFIELD
  BARRACKS...AND MILILANI.

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 2152 15818 2131 15820 2140 15793 2158 15791

R BALLARD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGHW70 PHFO 060115
FFSHI 
HIZ002-060200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
315 PM HST THU JUN 5 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM FOR CENTRAL OAHU...

AT 310 PM HST...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS 
PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL 
OAHU. MOST OF THE SHOWERS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST 
TOWARD WAILUA AND HALEIWA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE DRIFTING SOUTH TOWARD 
MILILANI AND WAIPIO.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 
PAST COUPLE OF HOURS IN A SMALL AREA AROUND WAHIAWA...SCHOFIELD 
BARRACKS AND WHEELER AFB. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT TIME WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. 

SUCH HEAVY RAIN IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW 
LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS CAUSE RAPID RISES OF SMALL STREAMS IN THE 
WARNING AREA. 
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$
NASH

000 
WGHW70 PHFO 060203
FFSHI 
HIZ002-060300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 PM HST THU JUN 5 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL OAHU HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 355 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 
ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL OAHU...AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR 
ADDITIONAL SERIOUS FLOODING.  

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MAINLY THE WAIANAE COAST 
OF OAHU THROUGH 5 PM. A FEW OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY IN 
AREAS FROM MAKAHA TO MAILI...AND RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND 
SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD DRIVE WITH 
CAUTION.

$$
NASH

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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.