Waterspout, Honolulu
- When
- December 31, 12:50 PM HST to 1:00 PM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, 1 mi S of Waikiki
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Hawaii, December 31, 1999
Waterspout was spotted by an off-duty NWS employee about a mile south of Diamond Head on the island of Oahu.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Waterspout was spotted by an off-duty NWS employee about a mile south of Diamond Head on the island of Oahu.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 31, 1999
- Waterspout in California, December 31, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in California, December 31, 1999
- Waterspout in California, December 31, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in California, December 31, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, December 31, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, December 31, 1999
- Drought in Alabama, December 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, December 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5721321.