Heavy Rain, Honolulu
- When
- February 11, 4:57 PM HST to 11:45 PM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, Kahuku
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 11, 2005
Heavy showers produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward sections of Oahu. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
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 happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Heavy showers produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward sections of Oahu. 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 Feb 11, 4:00 PM HST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 4:00 PM HST, 57 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 PM HST FRI FEB 11 2005 .SYNOPSIS... A SHEAR LINE IS BRINGING SHOWERS TO KAUAI THIS EVENING AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...CARRYING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ALONG WITH IT. HIGH PRESSURE PASSING NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL GENERATE BRISK TRADE WINDS BEHIND THE SHEAR LINE. THESE SHOULD MODERATE LATER THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE COMING WEEK...ALONG WITH DRIER WEATHER. && .DISCUSSION... THE SHEAR LINE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF KAUAI HAS STARTED MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD...AS AN IMPULSE ALOFT IS SWEEPING IN FROM THE WEST. THIS IMPULSE IS ENERGIZING THE SHEAR LINE...AND PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHEAR LINE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE ALSO ACCOMPANYING THE SHEARLINE PASSAGE...AND HAVE RESULTED IN THE HOISTING OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE COASTAL WATERS. THE SHEAR LINE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST...DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN...THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A 1025MB SURFACE HIGH CENTERED NORTHWEST OF THE STATE NEAR 35N 170W WILL MOVE EAST BEHIND THE SHEAR LINE...PASSING NORTH OF THE STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE WINDS TO THE ISLANDS BEHIND THE SHEAR LINE AS IT PASSES DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE COMING WEEK ALONG WITH DRIER...MORE NORMAL TRADE WIND WEATHER. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...KAUAI URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...KAUAI SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...COASTAL WATERS NEAR KAUAI AND OAHU && FARRELL
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
- Flood in New Mexico, February 11 to 12, 2005
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, February 11 to 12, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 11 to 13, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 11, 2005
- Winter Weather in Utah, February 11 to 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 11 to 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 11 to 12, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 11, 2005
- Debris Flow in California, February 11, 2005
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 2005
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: 5441540.