Flood, Hawaii
- When
- February 20, 5:15 AM HST to 8:00 PM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, Hawi
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
Heavy showers, over the district of North Kohala, caused widespread flooding of low lying areas and landslides. A landslide in the Kapa'au area caused a boulder to block half of highway 270 at mile marker 24.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
Heavy showers, over the district of North Kohala, caused widespread flooding of low lying areas and landslides. A landslide in the Kapa'au area caused a boulder to block half of highway 270 at mile marker 24.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in California, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20 to 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5688183.