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Flash Flood Warning 104, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Mar 26, 2006, 9:25 PM HST for Kalawao 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2006, 9:25 PM HST (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2006, 12:15 AM HST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kalawao County, HI
The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Mar 26, 8:30 PM HST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 8:30 PM HST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST SUN MAR 26 2006 .SYNOPSIS... THE WET WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE FINAL WEEK OF MARCH AS TROUGHINESS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO LINGER AROUND THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. && .DISCUSSION... A DEEP NORTH TO SOUTH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEAR 168W HAS BEEN AND IS CONTINUING TO GENERATE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MULTILAYERED CLOUDS OVER AND SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. PERSISTENT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE CLOUDS REMAINED FOCUSED ON KAUAI AND OAHU WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITIES AT TIMES...WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE IS EXPERIENCING MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN. INCLUDED WITHIN THIS MESS ARE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AT LEAST THE GFS MODEL KEEPS THE PERSISTENT RAIN IN FOR THE STATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE EASING OFF EITHER LATE MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT BATCH OF HEAVY WEATHER IS SLATED FOR WEDNESDAY OR AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS DOWN AND THROUGH THE ISLANDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. IT WILL DRAG THE HEAVY PRECIP FROM KAUAI TO THE BIG ISLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHERE IT WILL RAIN ITSELF OUT FRIDAY. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE WEEKEND BUT COULD BE PREMATURE AT THIS TIME. THE LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW...CURRENTLY OUT OF THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST...IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO LIGHT TRADES SATURDAY...THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR MAUNA KEA AN MAUNA LOA. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR ALL ISLANDS. LAU
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 26, 3:56 PM HST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Mar 26, 6:52 PM HST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
652 PM HST SUN MAR 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 W CAPTAIN COOK 19.50N 155.94W
03/24/2006 E60 MPH HAWAII HI PUBLIC
MARINER REPORTED FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH DIME SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 KNOTS
&&
RBALLARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:43 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 49 min | |
| Mar 26, 7:00 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 9:00 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 10:04 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 30 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:37 AM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 23 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:53 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:41 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 64 min | |
| Mar 27, 7:44 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 8:37 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 53 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:09 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 9:28 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 62 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:32 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:39 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 9:45 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:25 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 81 min | |
| Mar 27, 10:29 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:00 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 90 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.