Lightning, Honolulu
- When
- April 4, 3:55 AM HST to 3:56 AM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, Ewa Beach
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Hawaii, April 4, 2003
A lightning strike damaged a home in Ewa Beach on Oahu, and cut the power for several hours. No damage estimates were available.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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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.
A lightning strike damaged a home in Ewa Beach on Oahu, and cut the power for several hours. No damage estimates were available.
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 Apr 4, 3:36 AM HST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:36 AM HST, 19 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... FAIR WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE FOUND OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS LOCATED ABOUT 1200 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PAGO PAGO...AND THE AVN CONTINUES TO MOVE THE SYSTEM TO AWAY FROM THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE AVN KEEPS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES DURING THIS TIME...SO DO NOT EXPECT ANY WIDESPREAD RAIN. FAIR WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY THE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST SWELL OF 3 TO 5 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED FOR THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. FAIR WEATHER WITH LIGHT WINDS. THE AVN DEVELOPS A FRONT TO THE SOUTHWEST OF FIJI LATE MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY WHICH MAY IMPACT THE SAMOAN WEATHER LATER IN THE WEEK. NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...TUVALU TIME... PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE FOUND OVER THE ISLANDS OF TUVALU OVERNIGHT...WITH CLOUDY SKIES FOUND TO THE WEST. LOOK FOR PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO CONTINUE WITH PASSING SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, April 4 to 5, 2003
- Ice Storm in New York, April 4 to 5, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 4, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 4, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 4, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 4 to 5, 2003
- Ice Storm in Iowa, April 4, 2003
- Winter Storm in New York, April 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Storm in Vermont, April 4 to 5, 2003
- Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 4, 2003
- Hail in California, April 4, 2003
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, April 2003
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: 5329325.