Heavy Rain in Hawaii, December 28, 2003

Name: Heavy Rain in Hawaii, December 28, 2003
Start: 2003-12-28T15:10
End: 2003-12-28T16:50
Location: Hawaii

December 28, 2003 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy showers produced minor stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in western sections of Oahu. There were no serious injuries or property damage 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 produced minor stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in western sections of Oahu. There were no serious injuries or property damage 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 Dec 28, 2:02 PM HST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:02 PM HST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT
STATE OF SAMOA

TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AS WELL AS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS CAUSING
YOUR WEATHER TO BE RATHER CLOUDY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME REMAIN WELL
OFFSHORE. THIS TROUGH IS NEARLY STATIONARY. YOU CAN EXPECT PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THOROUGH THE PERIOD IS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY TUESDAY. WIND
WILL BE LIGHT FAVORING LAND AND SEA BREEZES. NO SIGNIFICANT SWELLS
ARE EXPECTED.

OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE THROUGH AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE REMAINS IN YOUR VICINITY THUS
LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU

TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TUVALU TIME...
THE ABOVE MENTIONED TROUGH AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL REMAIN IN
YOUR AREA. THUS SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT GENERALLY
AROUND 10 KNOTS.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Honolulu

When: December 28, 3:10 PM HST to 4:50 PM HST
Where: Honolulu County, 4 mi N of Makaha
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Hawaii in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, December 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: 5328001.