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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Jan 31, 2004, 2:47 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2004, 2:47 AM HST (12:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2004, 5:45 AM HST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kauai County, HI
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGHW50 PHFO 311253 FFWHI HIZ004-311545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 247 AM HST SAT JAN 31 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH AND EAST HAWAII INCLUDING WINDWARD KOHALA HAMAKUA HILO AND PUNA * UNTIL 545 AM HST * AT 242 AM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH AND EAST HAWAII...ESPECIALLY IN THE PUNA DISTRICT AND VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK...INCLUDING TOWNS NEAR PAHOA-KALAPANA ROAD AND WESTWARD TO CHAIN OF CRATERS...ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF HILO...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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. 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 FLOODING TO THE POLICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 1947 15505 1936 15504 1930 15519 1949 15525 $$ 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 Jan 30, 8:30 PM HST, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 8:30 PM HST, 6 hours 17 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST FRI JAN 30 2004 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH LOW LEVEL WINDS OVER THE ISLANDS THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE ALOFT NEARBY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL MAINTAIN AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN ITS VICINITY THROUGH THIS PERIOD...PROMOTING HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND TO THE EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. A WEAKENING OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NEXT WEEK WILL WEAKEN TRADE WINDS. && .DISCUSSION... A 1030 MB SURFACE HIGH FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS ALONG THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A NEW HIGH WILL REPLACE THIS ONE ABOUT SUNDAY. THESE HIGHS AND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THEM WILL MAINTAIN RATHER STRONG TRADE WINDS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LOW ALOFT SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE RELATIVELY COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE OVER AND TO THE EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. THE NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT ALONG THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW AND OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WILL TEND TO DEEPEN AND THUS ENHANCE OUR TRADE WINDS THROUGH MONDAY AT LEAST. ISLAND WEATHER WILL BE DOMINATED BY NIGHT AND MORNING TRADE SHOWERS MAINLY WINDWARD AND MAUKA...WITH PLENTY OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AT LEEWARD AND TOWNSIDE BEACHES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND DUE TO THE INSTABILITY INTRODUCED BY THE UPPER LOW. && .LONG TERM...EARLY NEXT WEEK...A TROUGH ALOFT AND AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS... WEAKENING THE SURFACE RIDGE. AT THE SAME TIME...THE LOW ALOFT EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH FORMING JUST WEST OF THE STATE...WEAKENING OF OUR TRADE WINDS AS THEY VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST. ISLAND WEATHER WILL BECOME MORE DIURNAL...WITH DRIER AND CLEARER NIGHTS...WITH AFTERNOON CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS. && .MARINE... THE STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL REQUIRE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCING ROUGH SURF ALONG WINDWARD SHORES SO A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES. A NEW NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL SURF ON NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES. && .HNL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY ALONG EAST FACING SHORES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS FOR STRONG TRADE WINDS. FARRELL
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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.