Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Feb 28, 2004, 3:30 AM HST (13:30 UTC)

Expired

Feb 28, 2004, 6:30 AM HST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Honolulu County, HI, Kauai County, HI

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.

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WGHW50 PHFO 281331
FFWHI 
HIZ004-007-008-281630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
330 AM HST SAT FEB 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  NORTH AND EAST HAWAII INCLUDING WINDWARD KOHALA HAMAKUA HILO AND
  PUNA
  SOUTH HAWAII INCLUDING KAU
  WEST HAWAII INCLUDING LEEWARD KOHALA AND KONA

* UNTIL 630 AM HST

* AT 330 AM HST...RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST 
  OF THE ISLAND...WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED TO MOVE UP OVER THE 
  ISLAND FROM THE SOUTH.


* CIVIL AUTHORITIES HAVE CLOSED HIGHWAY 11 NEAR HIGHWAY MARKERS 57 
  AND 105 DUE TO WATER AND DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROAD.

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

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 1886 15567 1956 15464 2043 15583 1979 15613
          1908 15601
$$

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 28, 3:30 AM HST, 0 minutes earlier.

NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAKE ISLAND...

MODELS SHOW THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO YOUR NORTH WILL REACH WAKE
ISLAND BY 06Z FEB 29...OR LATER TODAY WAKE TIME. BY THAT TIME...YOUR
WINDS WILL HAVE BECOME STRENGTHENED NORTHEASTERLIES...GRADUALLY
BUILDING IN STRENGTH TO 35 MPH BY 00Z MAR 1. EXPECT CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS TO INCREASE TODAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...THEN DECREASE
AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.

THE NORTH NORTHWEST SWELL WILL DECREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET SATURDAY AND
TO 4 FEET SUNDAY.

Flash Flood Warnings in Hawaii, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.