Flood, South Hawaii Including Kau
- When
- November 16, 2:10 AM HST to 8:10 AM HST
- Where
- South Hawaii Including Kau forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood in Hawaii, November 16, 2000
Frequent and heavy showers produced minor flooding of drainage ditches and streams and ponding of roadways in the Kau District on the Island of Hawaii, near Kapapala Ranch. No significant property damage or injuries were reported.
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.
Frequent and heavy showers produced minor flooding of drainage ditches and streams and ponding of roadways in the Kau District on the Island of Hawaii, near Kapapala Ranch. No significant property damage or injuries were reported.
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
More
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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: 5162036.