Thunderstorm Wind, Honolulu
- When
- January 22, 11:58 PM HST to January 23, 12:10 AM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, Central Portion
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 21.500, -158.000
Damaging Wind in Hawaii, January 22 to 23, 2004
A severe thunderstorm generated wind gusts to about 60 mph at and near Wheeler Army Airfield in central Oahu. However, 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.
A severe thunderstorm generated wind gusts to about 60 mph at and near Wheeler Army Airfield in central Oahu. However, 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 Jan 22, 8:30 PM HST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 8:30 PM HST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU 830 PM HST THU JAN 22 2004 .SYNOPSIS...HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE REACHED KAUAI AT 8 PM AND WILL APPROACH THE OTHER ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS. && .DISCUSSION...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE STATE. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS NEAR THE KAUAI END OF THE STATE AND SOUTHEASTERLIES NEAR BIG ISLAND WILL FUNNEL THIS TROPICAL MOISTURE IN OVER THE ISLANDS TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING. ONE WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST WEST OF KAUAI IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST PULLING THE HEAVIEST MOISTURE NORTHWARD WITH IT. THERE IS HOWEVER PLENTY MORE MOISTURE LEFT UPSTREAM FOR THE OTHER ISLANDS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY SHOWERS WILL LIKELY SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE DAY FRIDAY TO THE OTHER ISLANDS WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF THE SHOWERS REACHING THE BIG ISLAND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AT THAT TIME AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION CUTS OFF OR DEVELOPS OVER OUR AREA. AS THE UPPER LOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER OR JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...THE CLOUD BAND WITH THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE CONCENTRATED OVER THE WATERS WELL EAST OF BIG ISLAND. THE LOW WILL HOWEVER BE CLOSE ENOUGH SO THERE MAY BE INSTABILITY SHOWERS OR HAIL SHOWERS WITHIN THE COLD CORE OF THE SYSTEM OVER THE BIG ISLAND. COOLER AND DRIER AIR ON NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD THEN BE OVER THE STATE OR AT LEAST THE WESTERN ISLANDS FROM TUESDAY ON. && .HNL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH.....KAUAI HIGH SURF ADVISORY....NORTH AND WEST SHORES ALL ISLANDS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY..FOR LARGE SWELLS && ROSENDAL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in California, January 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Michigan, January 22, 2004
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Dense Fog in California, January 22 to 24, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 22 to 23, 2004
- High Wind in Montana, January 22, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 22 to 23, 2004
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 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: 5432343.