Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- February 27, 9:15 AM HST to 12:15 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 27, 2004
Heavy showers and thunderstorms produced ponding of roadways, and small stream and drainage ditch flooding on the island of Kauai. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
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 and thunderstorms produced ponding of roadways, and small stream and drainage ditch flooding on the island of Kauai. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
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 27, 5:30 AM HST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 5:30 AM HST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 530 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH TODAY. THE FRONT WILL REACH OAHU THIS MORNING...AND MAUI COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FRESH AND COOLER NORTH WINDS ARE FORECAST BEHIND THE FRONT. && .DISCUSSION... THE FRONT IS ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. IT WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THIS SPEED...ENDING UP ON KAUAI FRIDAY MORNING...OAHU AROUND MIDDAY... THEN INTO MAUI COUNTY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT IS ATTACHED TO A DEVELOPING LOW LOCATED ABOUT 650 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE LOW WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...BUT WILL STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDER ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AS THE FRONT NEARS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WITHIN ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF THE FRONT... STARTING SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE MODELS ARE NOW MOVING AN UPPER LOW NORTH OF THE STATE RATHER THAN DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY. THIS MEANS THAT MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES MAY NOT BE AS COLD AS EARLIER THOUGHT. WILL STICK WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT THAT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE QUESTIONABLE. && .MARINE... A NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED BY A LARGE LOW NEAR THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL RESULT IN RISING SURF TO WARNING LEVELS TODAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ALL ISLANDS FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ALL BUT THE BIG ISLAND HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR ALL NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES CRAIG
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
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 27 to 29, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, February 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 27 to 28, 2004
- Debris Flow in American Samoa, February 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 27 to 29, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 27 to 29, 2004
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 27 to 28, 2004
- Storm Surge and High Wind in North Carolina, February 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 27 to 29, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 27, 2004
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 27, 2004
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, February 27, 2004
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 2004
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: 5431061.