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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Feb 27, 2004, 6:16 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
- Feb 27, 2004, 6:16 AM HST (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2004, 9:15 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 271618 FFWHI HIZ001-271915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 616 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KAUAI * UNTIL 915 AM HST * AT 615 AM HST...RUNOFF REMAINS HEAVY OVER THE WARNING AREA ESPECIALLY AT THE HANALEI RIVER WHERE THE BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE SUBSIDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS. 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. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN LAT...LON 2211 15979 2181 15956 2208 15925 2231 15943 $$ KODAMA
1 follow-up statement
000 WGHW70 PHFO 271907 FFSHI HIZ001-272000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 902 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR KAUAI... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST FRIDAY... POLICE REPORT THE BRIDGE AT HANALEI RIVER IS NOW OPEN. RADAR AND RAIN GAGES INDICATE RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED OVER KAUAI. SPOTTER REPORTS ALSO INDICATE ONLY MINOR FLOODING. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR KAUAI UNTIL 4 PM HST FRIDAY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A NEW WARNING IS ISSUED OR YOU OBSERVE HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ KODAMA
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 Feb 27, 5:30 AM HST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 5:30 AM HST, 46 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 530 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH TODAY. THE FRONT WILL REACH OAHU THIS MORNING...AND MAUI COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FRESH AND COOLER NORTH WINDS ARE FORECAST BEHIND THE FRONT. && .DISCUSSION... THE FRONT IS ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. IT WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THIS SPEED...ENDING UP ON KAUAI FRIDAY MORNING...OAHU AROUND MIDDAY... THEN INTO MAUI COUNTY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT IS ATTACHED TO A DEVELOPING LOW LOCATED ABOUT 650 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE LOW WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...BUT WILL STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDER ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AS THE FRONT NEARS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WITHIN ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF THE FRONT... STARTING SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE MODELS ARE NOW MOVING AN UPPER LOW NORTH OF THE STATE RATHER THAN DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY. THIS MEANS THAT MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES MAY NOT BE AS COLD AS EARLIER THOUGHT. WILL STICK WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT THAT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE QUESTIONABLE. && .MARINE... A NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED BY A LARGE LOW NEAR THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL RESULT IN RISING SURF TO WARNING LEVELS TODAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ALL ISLANDS FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ALL BUT THE BIG ISLAND HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR ALL NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES CRAIG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:35 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Feb 27, 12:15 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:15 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:42 AM 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.