Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- May 14, 5:00 AM HST to 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Hanapepe
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, May 14, 2002
Heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms produced minor stream and drainage ditch flooding and ponding of roadways in eastern and southeastern areas of Kauai. No significant property damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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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 and isolated thunderstorms produced minor stream and drainage ditch flooding and ponding of roadways in eastern and southeastern areas of Kauai. No significant 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 May 14, 4:14 AM HST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 4:14 AM HST, 46 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE FAR NORTH OF YOUR ISLAND IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH. THIS WILL LEAD TO A DECREASE OF TRADE WINDS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE MEAN TIME...SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW A LINE OF HIGH CLOUDS MOVING OVER YOUR ISLAND...WITH A FEW LOW CLOUDS EMBEDDED IN THE TRADEWIND FLOW. LOOK FOR FAIR WEATHER TO PREVAIL WITH MODERATE TRADE WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS...DECREASING TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS IN ABOUT 24 HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT SWELL EXPECTED.
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
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 14, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, May 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 14, 2002
- High Wind in New York, May 14, 2002
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 14 to 24, 2002
- Flooding in Tennessee, May 14 to 24, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 14, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, May 14, 2002
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, May 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: 5287877.