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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2006, 2:34 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
- Mar 11, 2006, 2:34 AM HST (12:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 5:30 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 nearest sounding before it
Lihue, (PHLI), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGHW50 PHFO 111237 FFWHFO HIC007-111530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 234 AM HST SAT MAR 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY * UNTIL 530 AM HST * AT 230 AM HST...RAIN GAGES AT LIHUE VARIETY STATION SHOWED HEAVY RAIN FALLING AT 0.27 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOLOAA TO POIPU...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF LIHUE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND... DON/T DROWN. REPORT FLOODING TO POLICE OR CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 530 AM HST IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST. LAT...LON 2228 15954 2191 15967 2181 15933 2225 15922 $$ FARRELL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGHW70 PHFO 111346 FFSHFO FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 344 AM HST SAT MAR 11 2006 HIC007-111530- ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY- 344 AM HST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM HST... AT 336 AM HST...RAIN GAGES AT KAPAHI AND WAILUA SHOWED HEAVY RAIN FALLING AT .33 TO .40 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOLOAA TO POIPU...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF LIHUE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KIPU FALLS...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR KAUAI...NIIHAU AND OAHU UNTIL 4 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE OR CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 530 AM HST IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST. LAT...LON 2228 15954 2191 15967 2181 15933 2225 15922 $$ 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 Mar 10, 8:23 PM HST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 8:23 PM HST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST FR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:34 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:25 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
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.