Heavy Rain, Maui
- When
- January 30, 10:15 PM HST to January 31, 1:15 AM HST
- Where
- Maui County, Waiehu
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 20.868, -156.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 2003
Heavy trade wind showers caused minor stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward coastal and windward-facing mauka and upslope sections of Maui. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 trade wind showers caused minor stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward coastal and windward-facing mauka and upslope sections of Maui. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
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
- Cold in Illinois, January 30, 2003
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30, 2003
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, January 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- High Wind in Colorado, January 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 30, 2003
- High Wind in Oregon, January 30 to 31, 2003
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2003
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5328873.