Alert archive / Hawaii / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2012, 2:05 AM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 21 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2012, 2:05 AM HST (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2012, 11:00 PM HST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kauai County, HI
The radar
The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:29 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Koloa, HI | LANDSLIDE - KAPULE HIGHWAY...BLOCKING ALL 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC BY THE KAUAI MARRIOTT. |
| Mar 9, 2:35 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Wailua, HI | KUHIO HIGHWAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE WAILUA GOLF COURSE IS CLOSED. |
| Mar 9, 2:58 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Kalihiwai, HI | LANDSLIDE - KUHIO HIGHWAY...BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC SOUTH OF THE KALIHIWAI BRIDGE. |
| Mar 9, 3:09 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Hanalei, HI | LANDSLIDE - KUHIO HIGHWAY...BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC NEAR MILE MARKER 1.5. |
| Mar 9, 3:50 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Anahola, HI | KUHIO HIGHWAY...MILE MARKER 13 HAS TOO MUCH WATER TO PASS. |
| Mar 9, 3:50 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Lihue, HI | JUNCTION OF RICE STREET AND KAPULE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED PRIOR TO 0350AM |
| Mar 9, 4:02 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Anahola, HI | KUHIO HIGHWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 12 NEAR ANAHOLA IS CLOSED. |
| Mar 9, 4:03 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Hanamaulu, HI | BUS SERVICE NORTH OF HANAMAULU IS CANCELLED. |
| Mar 9, 8:49 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Hanalei, HI | OHIKI ROAD CLOSED |
| Mar 9, 8:49 AM HST | FLASH FLOOD | Kilauea, HI | KALIHIWAI ROAD WEST LEADING TO KALIHIWAI BEACH CLOSED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lihue, (PHLI), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WGHW50 PHFO 091205 FFWHFO HIC007-091500- /O.NEW.PHFO.FF.W.0018.120309T1205Z-120309T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 205 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY * UNTIL 500 AM HST * AT 200 AM HST...GAGES ON THE HANALEI RIVER AND HALAULANI STREAM SHOWED RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS. THE HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE IS BEING CLOSED AS A RESULT OF FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF OMAO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * ALL LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. && THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE PARTS OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 500 AM HST IF FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS. LAT...LON 2227 15977 2228 15924 2182 15922 2190 15983 $$ HOUSTON
16 follow-up statements
454 WGHW70 PHFO 091332 FFSHFO FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 332 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 HIC007-091500- /O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120309T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KAUAI HI- 332 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM HST... AT 330 AM HST...NUMEROUS ROADS ON KAUAI...INCLUDING THE HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE...REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FAST FLOWING WATER OR LAND SLIDES. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN KAUAI NEAR ANAHOLA. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ALL LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. && RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 500 AM HST IF FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS. LAT...LON 2227 15977 2228 15924 2182 15922 2190 15983 $$ HOUSTON
339 WGHW50 PHFO 091457 FFWHFO HIC007-091800- /O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120309T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 457 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY * UNTIL 800 AM HST * AT 442 AM HST...A NUMBER OF ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ON KAUAI... INCLUDING THE HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE...DUE TO WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER TONIGHT. MANY STREAMS ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS DUE TO THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...WAINIHA...NA PALI STATE PARK...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA AND HANALEI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. && RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 800 AM HST IF FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS. LAT...LON 2227 15977 2228 15924 2182 15922 2190 15983 $$ HOUSTON
360
WGHW70 PHFO 091736
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
736 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-091800-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120309T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
736 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM HST...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED BUT RUNOFF LEVELS REMAIN HIGH. KUHIO
HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED. THUS...THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH AND EAST KAUAI REMAINS IN EFFECT. THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH AND WEST KAUAI HAS BEEN HAS BEEN CANCELED AS
CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED OVER THOSE AREAS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...
WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 800 AM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA303
WGHW50 PHFO 091754
FFWHFO
HIC007-092100-
/O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120309T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
754 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY
* UNTIL 1100 AM HST
* AT 743 AM HST...HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED BUT RUNOFF LEVELS REMAIN
HIGH. KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED. KAAPUNI
ROAD IN KAPAA IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE CLOSED.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAENA...WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...
ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1100 AM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA532
WGHW70 PHFO 091826
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
826 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-092100-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120309T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
826 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM HST...
KAUAI CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI
BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED. KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE KALIHIWAI BRIDGE NEAR
KILAUEA IS ALSO CLOSED. KAAPUNI ROAD IN KAPAA IS OPEN.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...
WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1100 AM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA869
WGHW70 PHFO 091930
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
930 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-092100-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120309T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
930 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM HST...
KAUAI CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT THE KAPAHI BRIDGE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF KAWAIHAU AND KAHUNA ROADS HAS BEEN CLOSED. OHIKI
ROAD IN HANALEI...AND KALIHIWAI AND ANINI ROADS IN KILAUEA HAVE
ALSO BEEN CLOSED. KUHIO HIGHWAY REMAINS CLOSED AT THE HANALEI AND
KALIHIWAI BRIDGES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...
WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1100 AM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA347
WGHW50 PHFO 092052
FFWHFO
HIC007-100000-
/O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1052 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY
* UNTIL 200 PM HST
* AT 1038 AM HST...HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED BUT FLOODING CONTINUES
OVER NORTH AND EAST KAUAI. KUHIO HIGHWAY REMAINS CLOSED AT THE
HANALEI BRIDGE AND AT KALIHIWAI BRIDGE. KAPAHI BRIDGE IN KAPAA AT
THE INTERSECTION OF KAWAIHAU AND KAHUNA ROADS...AS WELL AS
OHIKI...ANINI AND KALIHIWAI ROADS ALSO REMAIN CLOSED.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAENA...WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...
ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 200 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA525
WGHW70 PHFO 092158
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1158 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-100000-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
1158 AM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM HST...
RADAR DATA SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING
OVER NORTH KAUAI. CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT KUHIO HIGHWAY WAS
STILL CLOSED AT HANALEI BRIDGE AND AT KALIHIWAI BRIDGE. KAPAHI
BRIDGE IN KAPAA AT THE INTERSECTION OF KAWAIHAU AND KAHUNA
ROADS...AS WELL AS OHIKI...ANINI AND KALIHIWAI ROADS ALSO REMAIN
CLOSED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...
WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 200 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA997
WGHW50 PHFO 092350
FFWHFO
HIC007-100300-
/O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
150 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY
* UNTIL 500 PM HST
* AT 139 PM HST...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTH-FACING SLOPES OF KAUAI AND HANALEI RIVER IS RISING ONCE
AGAIN. KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED. OHIKI
ROAD AND ANINI ROAD NEAR HANALEI ALSO REMAIN CLOSED.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAENA...WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...
KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 500 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA090
WGHW70 PHFO 100028
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
228 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-100300-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
228 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM HST...
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE NORTH-FACING SLOPES OF
KAUAI. THE HANALEI RIVER GAGE HAS ONCE AGAIN RISEN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...
WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 500 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA330
WGHW70 PHFO 100157
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
357 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-100300-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
357 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM HST...
RADAR DETECTED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTH KAUAI WITH RAIN RATES OF 2
TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE HANALEI RIVER BASIN. THIS WILL
PRODUCE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT RISE IN WATER LEVEL AND WILL KEEP KUHIO
HIGHWAY CLOSED AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...
WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 500 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA150
WGHW50 PHFO 100251
FFWHFO
HIC007-100600-
/O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
451 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY
* UNTIL 800 PM HST
* AT 437 PM HST...THE HANALEI RIVER GAGE SHOWED A RAPID RISE OF 5
FEET IN THE PAST HOUR FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH-FACING SLOPES
OF KAUAI. THIS SURGE WILL KEEP KUHIO HIGHWAY CLOSED AT THE
HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAENA...WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...
ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 800 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA827
WGHW70 PHFO 100345
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
545 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-100600-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
545 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM HST...
THE AREA OF INTENSE RAINFALL THAT WAS OVER NORTH KAUAI HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED OFFSHORE. WATER LEVELS IN HANALEI RIVER ARE DROPPING BUT
ARE STILL VERY HIGH AND KUHIO HIGHWAY AT HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS
CLOSED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAENA...
WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...
KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 800 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
KODAMA458
WGHW50 PHFO 100554
FFWHFO
HIC007-100900-
/O.EXT.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
754 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY
* UNTIL 1100 PM HST
* AT 745 PM HST...RADARS SHOW NO HEAVY RAIN ON KAUAI...BUT THE
HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY.
THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
RESULT IN MORE FLOODING.
* THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF KAUAI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1100 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
DONALDSON431
WGHW70 PHFO 100721
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
921 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-100900-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
921 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM HST...
AS OF 915 PM...THE HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE REMAINED CLOSED.
HOWEVER...RADAR SHOWS SHOWER ACTIVITY INCREASING AGAIN OVER...AND
UPSTREAM TO THE EAST OF KAUAI. THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED..SO
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RAPIDLY BRING MORE FLASH FLOODING.
THE WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF KAUAI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1100 PM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
DONALDSON673
WGHW70 PHFO 100856
FFSHFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1056 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
HIC007-100901-
/O.EXP.PHFO.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120310T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
1056 PM HST FRI MAR 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY...
WEATHER RADAR AND RAIN GAGES SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED.
THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THE HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO RUNOFF OVER KUHIO
HIGHWAY...BUT THE WATER LEVEL IN THE RIVER CONTINUES TO DROP. THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF MORE
HEAVY RAIN...SO PEOPLE ON KAUAI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI NIIHAU AND OAHU REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM SATURDAY.
LAT...LON 2220 15962 2226 15956 2221 15927 2206 15929
2195 15933 2206 15959
$$
DONALDSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:06 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kalawao | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 3:08 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 20 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:17 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:54 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:49 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:34 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Honolulu | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:52 PM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:44 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 61 min | |
| Mar 9, 12:51 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:15 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:39 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 66 min | |
| Mar 9, 2:30 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:32 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Honolulu | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:43 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 62 min | |
| Mar 9, 3:00 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 60 min | |
| Mar 9, 4:01 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 4:11 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:19 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 56 min | |
| Mar 9, 5:10 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 110 min | |
| Mar 9, 5:22 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 83 min | |
| Mar 9, 5:27 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 81 min | |
| Mar 9, 5:28 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:29 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 5:36 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 84 min | |
| Mar 9, 5:38 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:55 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 6:07 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 113 min | |
| Mar 9, 6:27 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:28 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 103 min | |
| Mar 9, 6:37 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Kalawao | 53 min |
| Mar 9, 6:43 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 6:52 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 113 min | |
| Mar 9, 7:00 AM HST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 7:10 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 7:17 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 118 min | |
| Mar 9, 7:24 AM HST | Flash Flood Warning | HFO | Honolulu | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:11 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 94 min | |
| Mar 9, 8:32 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 118 min | |
| Mar 9, 8:42 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 9:40 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 9:58 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 62 min | |
| Mar 9, 10:26 AM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 41 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:30 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 10:36 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 114 min | |
| Mar 9, 11:40 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 11:58 AM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 68 min | |
| Mar 9, 12:00 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 59 min | |
| Mar 9, 12:25 PM HST | Special Marine Warning | HFO | 2 hr | |
| Mar 9, 1:38 PM HST | Gale Warning | HFO | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.