Heavy Rain in Hawaii, November 29, 2003

Name: Heavy Rain in Hawaii, November 29, 2003
Start: 2003-11-29T07:00
End: 2003-11-29T10:00
Location: Hawaii

November 29, 2003 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy showers produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in eastern and southeastern parts of Maui. However, no serious property damage or injuries were 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 small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in eastern and southeastern parts of Maui. 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 Nov 29, 4:50 AM HST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 4:50 AM HST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND

A SUBTROPICAL CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 260 NAUTICAL
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WAKE. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING OFF
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...LEAVING WAKE WITH A
PREVAILING WIND FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 KNOTS. WEAK
INSTABILITY NEAR THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AROUND THE ISLAND...
BUT ON THE WHOLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR AND DRY GRADUALLY
AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY.

NORTHEAST SWELL WITH A MODERATELY LONG PERIOD WILL CONTINUE AT 9 TO
10 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Maui

When: November 29, 7:00 AM HST to 10:00 AM HST
Where: Maui County, Hana
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 20.868, -156.617 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Hawaii in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, November 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: 5327890.