Flood, Honolulu
- When
- January 5, 5:30 PM HST to 11:30 PM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, Hawaii Kai
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Hawaii, January 5, 1999
Heavy rains flooded basements and streets in Waikiki and Kapahulu. A landslide at Aina Haina hillside dismounted a boulder, about 2 1/2 feet in diameter, which rolled down the hillside and damaged the roof of a house.
Where it happened
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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 rains flooded basements and streets in Waikiki and Kapahulu. A landslide at Aina Haina hillside dismounted a boulder, about 2 1/2 feet in diameter, which rolled down the hillside and damaged the roof of a house. Heavy rain and some ponding were also observed in other areas on the leeward side of Oahu.There was a report of soaked and damaged merchandise at some stores at Ala Moana Shopping Center, due to leaky roofs. The total amount of precipitation recorded near the flooded areas for this event is as follows: Manoa 1.94 in. Palolo 2.96 in. Niu Valley 2.18 in. Aloha Tower 1.10 in.
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
- Cold in Alabama, January 5, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 5 to 6, 1999
- Cold in Illinois, January 5, 1999
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 5, 1999
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, January 5 to 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 5 to 6, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 5, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, January 5, 1999
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 5 to 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 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: 5685468.