Flash Flood, Maui
- When
- October 29, 3:48 PM HST to 4:30 PM HST
- Where
- Maui County, Waialua
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 20.868, -156.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Hawaii, October 29, 2000
Heavy rain caused severe flooding of Molokai's Waialua and Kainalu streams. Ten homes were damaged in the Kainalu Valley.
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.
Heavy rain caused severe flooding of Molokai's Waialua and Kainalu streams. Ten homes were damaged in the Kainalu Valley. Bridges along the Kamehameha Highway crossing the Waialua and Kainalu streams were impassable. The water level rose 13 feet at the Waialua Bridge. A man was rescued from an inundated vehicle near Puko'o.
The radar
The Molokai radar (PHMO), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 29, 2000
- Tornado in Nebraska, October 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, October 29, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, October 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, October 29, 2000
- Tornado in Nebraska, October 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, October 29 to 30, 2000
- Tornado in Nebraska, October 29, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, October 29, 2000
- Hail in California, October 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, October 29 to 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, October 29 to 30, 2000
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5161718.