Hawaii, 2004

Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 24, 2004

January 24, 2004 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain, showers, and thunderstorms produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways from Nahiku to Ulaino in windward East Maui. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.

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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 rain, showers, and thunderstorms produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways from Nahiku to Ulaino in windward East Maui. No serious injuries or property damage 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 Jan 24, 2:04 PM HST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 2:04 PM HST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT
STATE OF SAMOA

TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
LOW LEVEL EASTERLY WINDS ARE CONVERGING IN YOUR VICINITY. MOISTURE
EMBEDDED IN THIS EASTERLY FLOW IS CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER AND AROUND YOUR AREA. PRESENTLY
THE STRONGEST CONVECTION IS LOCATED TO YOUR EAST NEAR THE MANUA
ISLANDS AS WELL AS FAR TO THE NORTHWEST OF YOU. MODELS INDICATED
LITTLE CHANGE IN THIS WEATHER PATTERN. THUS SKIES WILL BE PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BE EASTERLY AT AROUND 10 KNOTS WITH LOCAL LAND AND
SEA BREEZES. A NORTHWEST SWELL OF AROUND 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY BEFORE LOWERING TO AROUND 4 FEET BY MONDAY.

OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD FROM YOUR CURRENT
WEATHER PATTERN EXCEPT EASTERLY WINDS MAY PICK UP A NOTCH TO AROUND
15 KNOTS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FAR TO YOUR SOUTH.

NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU

TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...TUVALU TIME...
SKIES ARE GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SEEN MAINLY TO YOUR SOUTH AND WEST. THE ABOVE
MENTIONED CONVERGENCE AREA WILL KEEP SKIES PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. WINDS
WILL BE EASTERLY AT AROUND 10 KNOTS.

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
January 24, 3:30 PM HST to 5:00 PM HST
Where
Maui County, 9 mi NW of 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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5432356.