Heavy Rain, Hawaii
- When
- June 4, 7:05 PM HST to 8:43 PM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, Kailua Kona
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, June 4, 2005
Heavy showers on the lee side of the Big Island of Hawaii produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. However, there were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 on the lee side of the Big Island of Hawaii produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. 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 Jun 4, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 PM HST SAT JUN 4 2005 .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH OF THE STATE WILL MAINTAIN TRADEWINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE COMING WEEK. CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL TYPICALLY FAVOR WINDWARD AND MAUKA LOCATIONS IN THE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. SLIGHT CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE FLUCTUATIONS IN OVERALL SHOWER ACTIVITY. && .DISCUSSION... A SPLENDID FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND TODAY WITH GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SHOWERS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. 12 HOUR TOTALS THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON WERE A FEW HUNDREDTHS AT BEST FOR THOSE TWENTY OR SO GAGES THAT ACTUALLY RECORDED ANYTHING AT ALL. THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A SHOWER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH A TRADE WIND SURGE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE BAND OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MARKS A BOUNDARY OF STRONGER TRADES TO THE EAST OF THE BAND RUNNING INTO WEAKER TRADES TO THE WEST OF THE BAND. THE SHOWER BAND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 240 MILES EAST OF THE ISLANDS AND APPROACHING AT A SPEED JUST OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF THIS MOVEMENT PERSISTS...EXPECT AN ARRIVAL AROUND 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING...THOUGH LETS GIVE OR TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO. IT WAS A BIT UNCLEAR THIS MORNING HOW WELL THE BAND WOULD HOLD TOGETHER TODAY...BUT IT HAS PROVEN ITS WORTH AND THE FORECAST PACKAGE REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SHOWERS IN THE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ONCE THE BAND PUSHES THROUGH...EXPECT A DRYING TREND STARTING IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING. TO START THE WORK WEEK...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A DEEPENING INVERSION STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT...REACHING 10 THOUSAND FEET OR SO MONDAY AND HOVERING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WELL INTO THURSDAY. HAVING A HIGHER THAT NORMAL INVERSION ALLOWS FOR DEEPER TRADE WINDS CLOUDS AND INCREASED SHOWER ACTIVITY...BUT ONLY IF THERE IS ENOUGH AVAILABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO GET THINGS GOING. OVERALL...MODELS SUGGEST A DRIER AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE ISLANDS NEXT WEEK. BELIEVE THE DRIER SOLUTION WILL BE THE MAJORITY CONDITION...WITH PATCHES OF INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RIDING IN ON THE TRADES TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF INCREASED CLOUDS/SHOWERS. A RATHER FUTILE EFFORT TO ATTEMPT TO TIME THESE PERIODS THIS FAR IN ADVANCE...SO WILL DEFER TO A TYPICAL TRADEWIND FORECAST WITH A DRY TILT FOR NOW AND ALLOW FUTURE SHIFTS TO FINE TUNE AS THESE PATCHES OF INCREASED MOISTURE BECOME APPARENT. && .MARINE... A STORM EAST OF NEW ZEALAND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL SURF NEXT WEEK. CURRENT ESTIMATES CALL FOR A MEDIUM TO LARGE SOUTH SWELL REACHING THE ISLANDS THURSDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TANABE
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 4, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 4, 2005
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 4, 2005
- Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 2005
- Flooding in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Oklahoma, June 4 to 5, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 4, 2005
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, June 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: 5458784.