Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- November 30, 4:30 AM HST to 7:30 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Kilauea
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, November 30, 2003
Heavy showers caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward and eastern sections of Kauai. 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 caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward and eastern sections of Kauai. 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 30, 4:13 AM HST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 4:13 AM HST, 17 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... A LINE OF CONVECTION IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING ACROSS AMERICAN SAMOA AND IS HEADING TOWARDS THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA. LOOK FOR MORE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS WELL AS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST CHARTS CONTINUE TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION OVER YOUR AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD THUS EXPECTED UNSETTLED WEATHER TO PREVAIL...WITH BREAKS IN BETWEEN. WINDS WILL BE EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS THEN TURNING NORTHEAST AND WEAKENS BY LATE MONDAY. THE LONG PERIOD NORTH SWELL TO 4 FEET WILL BE DIMINISHING. OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... FORECAST CHARTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TROUGH DEVELOPING NEAR FIJI AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW. NOT TOO SURE IF THE SCENARIO OF THE LOW WILL PAN OUT...THOUGH YOUR ISLANDS WILL BE FAR NORTHEAST ENOUGH TO HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT...EXCEPT FOR THE WIND. LOOK FOR WINDS TO REMAIN NORTHERLY TO 10 KNOTS THROUGH THURSDAY. FORECAST CHARTS STILL SHOW LINGERING MOISTURE TUESDAY...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...TUVALU TIME... AN AREA OF CONVECTION JUST EAST OF YOUR ISLANDS WILL AFFECT YOUR DISTRICT TODAY. EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AS WELL AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. MAY SEE SOME CLEARING FOR MOST OF YOUR AREA BY TUESDAY...THOUGH FORECAST CHARTS INDICATE A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF YOUR ISLAND CHAIN AND THUS UNSETTLED WEATHER MAY LINGER THERE. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT NORTHERLY TO 5 KNOTS THROUGH THE PERIOD.
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
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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: 5327893.