Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 15, 2006

Name: Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 15, 2006
Start: 2006-02-15T19:32
End: 2006-02-15T22:22
Location: Hawaii

February 15, 2006 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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

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 15, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Honolulu

When: February 15, 7:32 PM HST to 10:22 PM HST
Where: Honolulu County, Laie
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Hawaii in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, February 2006

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: 5492997.