Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- April 9, 8:00 PM HST to 10:00 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, 3 mi SW of Lihue
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, April 9, 2003
Heavy showers brought small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways to southeast and southern areas of Kauai. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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- 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 brought small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways to southeast and southern areas of Kauai. However, 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 Apr 9, 4:00 PM HST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:00 PM HST, 4 hours before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 4 PM HST WED APR 9 2003 SUMMARY...TOMORROWS SKIES SHOULD BE SUNNIER WITH SHOWERS STILL SPOTTY. WINDIER WITH INCREASING SHOWERS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DISCUSSION...THE PASSING OF THE HIGH LEVEL TROUGH THROUGH THE ISLANDS SHOULD CLEAR MOST OF THE SUNBLOCKING CIRRUS TOMORROW. THE SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE OVER THE ISLANDS UNTIL THE WEEK END. IT MAY PROMPT SOME SHOWERS FROM THE INCOMING MOISTURE BUT DO TO THE SPOTTY UPSTREAM CLOUD FIELD..SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD ALSO BE SPOTTY LEAVING MOST AREAS DRY. THE WEAK SHEARLINE NORTH OF KAUAI IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY AND INTRODUCE A FEW WINDWARD FAVORING SHOWERS..AS WELL AS BOOST TRADE WINDS TO STRONG LEVELS. THE FOLLOWING HIGH CELL APPEARS STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH THE SHEARLINE THROUGH THE STATE WITH CLEARING SUNDAY AS INDICATED BY BOTH THE GFS AND NOGAPS MODELS. MATSUDA .HFO...NONE
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
- Wildfire in North Dakota, April 9 to 13, 2003
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 9 to 14, 2003
- High Wind in Montana, April 9, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, April 9 to 13, 2003
- Ice Storm in Virginia, April 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in Maryland, April 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, April 9, 2003
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, April 9, 2003
- Wildfire in North Dakota, April 9 to 13, 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: 5327474.