Heavy Rain, Maui
- When
- March 17, 6:15 AM HST to 9:15 AM HST
- Where
- Maui County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 20.868, -156.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 17, 2002
A slow-moving cold front generated heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms over most of Maui County, which caused ponding of roadways and minor stream and drainage ditch flooding. However, there were no reports of serious injuries or 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.
A slow-moving cold front generated heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms over most of Maui County, which caused ponding of roadways and minor stream and drainage ditch flooding. However, there were no reports of serious injuries or 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 Mar 17, 4:45 AM HST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:45 AM HST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND A SURFACE RIDGE ABOUT 450 NM NORTH OF WAKE IS PRODUCING 15 TO 20 KNOT TRADE WINDS OVER YOU. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE SOUTH SLOWLY AND WEAKEN SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS CAUSING YOUR WINDS TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS ON TUESDAY...WAKE TIME. YOUR SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 17 to 23, 2002
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 17, 2002
- Flooding in Virginia, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 17, 2002
- Flood in Virginia, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 17 to 18, 2002
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, March 2002
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: 5287341.