Hawaii, 2006Heavy Rain in Hawaii, August 1, 2006
August 1, 2006 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Aug 1, 10:00 AM HST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 10:00 AM HST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1000 AM HST TUE AUG 1 2006
.SYNOPSIS...CONTINUED HUMID AND OCCASIONALLY WET FOR MAINLY KAUAI
AND OAHU TODAY. RETURN OF MUCH BETTER TRADE WIND WEATHER TOMORROW
STATEWIDE.
&&
.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR HUMID
INCLEMENT WEATHER SINCE YESTERDAY LOOKS LIKE IT IS MAKING A
MOVE AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS. THE UPPER LOW...DEEP ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE AN INVERTED TROUGH DOWN AT THE SURFACE AND SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS LOCALLY...ALSO APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING. WEVE ALSO GOT THE
FIRST HARBINGERS OF IMPROVING WEATHER...NICELY RISING SURFACE
PRESSURES. THE CURRENT WET WEATHER IS FOCUSED ON KAUAI AND
OAHU WHO ARE CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW...OTHER ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED
TO HAVE ONLY SPOTTY AFTERNOON CONVECTION TODAY AS INCREASINGLY
DRIER AND STABLE RIDGING ALOFT NUDGES IN FROM THE EAST. THE UPPER
RIDGE SHOULD REPLACE THE UPPER LOWS INFLUENCE AND ALLOW NORMAL
TRADE WINDS TO RETURN TOMORROW AND EVEN DRIER AND BREEZIER ONES
THURSDAY. A FEW TRADE WIND SHOWERS...MUCH LIGHTER THAN THE
CURRENT ONES...SHOULD RETURN DURING THE WEEKEND.
&&
.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...SOUTH FACING SHORES TIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY.
&&
MATSUDA
Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- August 1, 11:40 AM HST to 2:30 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy showers over the entire island of Kauai caused ponding on roadways, and small stream and drainage ditch flooding. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries.
- 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.
- Heat in New York, August 1 to 3, 200642 deaths · 15 events
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 3, 200624 deaths · 40 injured · 8 events
- Heat in Illinois, August 1 to 2, 200624 deaths · 1 event
- Heat in Michigan, August 1 to 2, 2006215 injured · 17 events
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 13, 20068 deaths · $10,000 · 48 events
- Heat in Maryland, August 1 to 3, 20066 deaths · 5 injured · 14 events
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 2, 200659 injured · 29 events
- Heat in Delaware, August 1 to 3, 20062 deaths · 5 injured · 4 events
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 2, 20062 deaths · 37 events
- Heat in New Jersey, August 1 to 3, 200641 injured · 20 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 1 to 2, 2006$3.1 million · F3 · 12 events
- Heat in Wisconsin, August 1 to 2, 20062 deaths · 18 events
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: 5528978.