Hawaii, 2004

Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 13, 2004

March 13, 2004 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 Mar 13, 4:00 PM HST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 4:00 PM HST, 0 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
4 PM HST SAT MAR 13 2004

.SYNOPSIS...
A SHEARLINE IS WEAKENING OVER MAUI COUNTY AND WINDS ARE TURNING
TRADE DIRECTION STATEWIDE THIS EVENING. EXPECT FAIRLY WET TRADES
MOLOKAI TO THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF
WINDWARD AND MAUKA SHOWERS KAUAI AND OAHU...AND CONSIDERABLE
SUNSHINE AT LEEWARD BEACHES.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
A SHEARLINE HAS MOVED TO MOLOKAI AND IS WEAKENINGHING. HEAVY SHOWERS
ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH TONIGHT...
BECOMING MORE WINDWARD ORIENTED SUNDAY AND DECREASING. WITH THE
SHEARLINE STALLING NEAR THE BIG ISLAND...EXPECT WET TRADES TO
CONTINUE MOLOKAI EASTWARD. STATEWIDE...TRADE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
TO MODERATE TO STRONG SPEEDS ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE COMING WEEK.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY OAHU CANCELED AT 130 PM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES.

FARRELL

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Maui

When
March 13, 4:00 PM HST to 5:45 PM HST
Where
Maui County, 6 mi NE of Kokomo
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
20.868, -156.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain and showers caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward sections of East Maui. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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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: 5431276.