Heavy Rain, Honolulu
- When
- February 14, 6:20 AM HST to 12:00 PM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, Kahuku
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 14, 2003
Remnant showers from a shear line moving through Hawaii brought more nuisance flooding,ponding of roadways, and occasional power failures to windward Oahu and parts of East Oahu. The rains also loosened the soil enough in the higher elevations around Waialae Nui that a large boulder broke free and nearly hit a home in the neighborhood along Malu Street.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
Remnant showers from a shear line moving through Hawaii brought more nuisance flooding,ponding of roadways, and occasional power failures to windward Oahu and parts of East Oahu. The rains also loosened the soil enough in the higher elevations around Waialae Nui that a large boulder broke free and nearly hit a home in the neighborhood along Malu Street. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported islandwide.
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 Feb 14, 4:45 AM HST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 4:45 AM HST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND AN EAST TO WEST SURFACE RIDGE TO THE NORTH WILL MAINTAIN 10 TO 15 KNOT EAST NORTHEAST TRADEWINDS OVER WAKE. OUR SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW ONLY ISOLATED LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF WAKE. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT SWELL IS EXPECTED. DONALDSON
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
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 14 to 18, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 14 to 18, 2003
- Flooding in Tennessee, February 14 to 17, 2003
- Flood in California, February 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Ice Storm in Kentucky, February 14 to 20, 2003
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 14 to 18, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 14 to 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 14 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 14 to 15, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, February 14, 2003
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 14 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 14 to 16, 2003
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 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: 5328893.