Waterspout, Hawaii
- When
- September 20, 3:30 PM HST to 3:35 PM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, 3 mi NW of Kailua Kona
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Hawaii, September 20, 1999
A waterspout was spotted northwest of Kailua Kona, in Honokohau Bay. No injuries or damage were reported.
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.
A waterspout was spotted northwest of Kailua Kona, in Honokohau Bay. No injuries or damage were reported.
The radar
The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
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
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 20 to 21, 1999
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 20 to 22, 1999
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 20 to 21, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, September 20, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, September 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 20, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, September 20, 1999
- Coastal Flood in Alabama, September 20 to 21, 1999
- Coastal Flood in Florida, September 20, 1999
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 20, 1999
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, September 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: 5723329.