Flood, Kauai
- When
- February 9, 7:00 AM HST to 9:20 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Kilauea
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Hawaii, February 9, 2001
Heavy rain and thunderstorms produced flooding on Kuhio Highway leading to the Hanalei Bridge. The road was closed from 0700 to 1600 on the 9th.
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 and thunderstorms produced flooding on Kuhio Highway leading to the Hanalei Bridge. The road was closed from 0700 to 1600 on the 9th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 9, 4:26 AM HST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 4:26 AM HST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND ...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE IDENTITY OF A OLD SHEARLINE...HAS BECOME BETTER DEFINED DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE LEADING EDGE IS JUST A FEW MILES OFF YOUR NORTHWEST COAST...AND THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD IT WILL SETTLE OVER YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IT WILL RESULT IN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A FEW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. ANTICIPATE SUNNIER WEATHER TOMORROW.* A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE TRADES MAY ALSO OCCUR DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THIS SHEARLINE BUT SHOULD RETURN TO MODERATE TO STRONG SPEEDS THIS EVENING. NO SIGNIFICANT SWELL.
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
- Rip Current in Florida, February 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 9, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Michigan, February 9 to 12, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flood in Michigan, February 9 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 9, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flooding in New York, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 2001
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: 5232933.