Flood, Kauai
- When
- June 7, 7:00 PM HST to June 8, 4:00 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Hawaii, June 7 to 8, 2001
Heavy showers caused minor stream and drainage ditch flooding and ponding of roadways. There were no reports of injuries or serious property damage.
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.
Heavy showers caused minor stream and drainage ditch flooding and ponding of roadways. There were no reports of injuries or serious property damage.
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 Jun 7, 4:25 PM HST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 4:25 PM HST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH WHICH IS ABOUT 250 NM SOUTHWEST OF YOU WILL ADVANCE CLOSER THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH PASSES FAR SOUTH OF YOU TOMORROW. CONVECTION IN THE CONVERGENCE AREA ABOUT 250 NM NORTHEAST OF YOU MAY BE DRAWN SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE TROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE SATELLITE SHOWS VERY FEW CLOUDS IN YOUR AREA EXCEPT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT WILL LIKELY PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT TRADE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH SATURDAY AS A HIGH FAR SOUTHWEST OF SAMOA MOVES EAST ALONG 30S LATITUDE. FORECAST FAIR EXCEPT FOR A FEW PASSING SHOWERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. INCREASING SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. EAST SOUTHEAST TRADE WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS FRIDAY AND EASTERLY 15 KNOTS SATURDAY. SOUTH SWELL 5 FEET DECREASING TO 3 OR 4 FEET BY SATURDAY. OUTLOOK SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL RETREAT SOUTHEASTWARD. SCATTERED SHOWERS SUNDAY DECREASING SOME MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LIGHT SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOT WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES SUNDAY AND MONDAY BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOT TUESDAY. NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU... TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...TUVALU LOCAL TIME THE SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY BETWEEN TUVALU AND FIJI. EXPECT FAIR WEATHER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A FEW SHOWERS SUNDAY. EAST SOUTHEAST TRADE WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS TONIGHT STRENGTHENING TO 15 KNOTS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
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
- Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 7, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 7, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Maryland, June 7, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7 to 8, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 2001
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, June 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: 5251335.