Flood, Kauai
- When
- January 14, 9:15 AM HST to 12:00 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Anahola
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Hawaii, January 14, 2001
Heavy showers caused minor stream and drainage ditch flooding and ponding of roadways. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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- 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 showers caused minor stream and drainage ditch flooding and ponding of roadways. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
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 Jan 14, 4:59 AM HST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 4:59 AM HST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND MOISTURE AND CLOUDS ARE INCREASING IN THE TRADE WIND FLOW UPSTREAM FROM WAKE WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY NEARING THE ISLAND. WINDS WILL SLOWLY VEER IN TIME AS A DISTANT FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MOISTURE WILL ALSO LIKELY INCREASE AS WELL. AS A RESULT...EXPECT A GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKY WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY TOMORROW. THERE IS A NbORTHWEST SWELL UP TO 10 FEET OR SO POSSIBLE THRU TOMORROW AS ANOTHER SYSTEM COMES OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN AND INTENSIFIES.
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
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 14, 2001
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2001
- Rip Current in Guam, January 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 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: 5227590.