Flash Flood, Kauai
- When
- October 1, 11:00 PM HST to October 2, 4:20 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, 4 mi WNW of Hanalei
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 22.217, -159.550
Flash Flood in Hawaii, October 1 to 2, 2005
Police on Kauai had to close the Hanalei River Bridge as deep water inundated the roadway late in the day on the 1st. Other minor flooding occurred over northern parts of the Garden Isle as heavy showers impacted the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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.
Police on Kauai had to close the Hanalei River Bridge as deep water inundated the roadway late in the day on the 1st. Other minor flooding occurred over northern parts of the Garden Isle as heavy showers impacted the area. Also, in the early morning on the 2nd, police reported water across Awawa Road in Hanapepe on the southern coast of Kauai. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, October 1 to 2, 2005
- Lightning Strike and Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in West Virginia, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Colorado, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Wisconsin, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Missouri, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Utah, October 1 to 31, 2005
- Drought in Wisconsin, October 1 to 11, 2005
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5478731.