Hawaii, 2006Winter Storm in Hawaii, March 16 to 17, 2006
March 16 to 17, 2006 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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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 Mar 16, 4:00 AM HST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 4:00 AM HST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 AM HST THU MAR 16 2006
.SYNOPSIS...THE BASIC WET PATTERN AND FLOOD THREAT REMAIN FOR THE
ENTIRE STATE.
&&
.DISCUSSION...ALTHO OVERNIGHT RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY
HEAVY OR FREQUENT THE AIR MASS OVER THE STATE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND
MOIST DUE TO THE NEARBY LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST. KAUAI AND THE
SOUTHEAST AND WINDWARD SIDES OF THE BIG ISLAND HAD THE MOST
NOTABLE AFTER DARK RAINFALL AMOUNTS BUT EVEN THOSE WERE LESS THAN
AN INCH...MOST OF OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY HAVE BEEN VIRTUALLY DRY.
FOR THE SHORT TERM KAUAI AND THE BIG ISLAND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE
THE FOCUS OF THE HEAVY SHOWERS. DESPITE THE LIGHTER RAIN WE
CONTINUE TO BE RETICENT TO DIMINISH THE STATEWIDE FLOOD THREAT DUE
TO THE PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE. MODELS DO KEEP THIS BASIC
TROUGHING THEME UNCHANGED THRU NEXT WEEK BUT WITH PERIODS OF
TEMPORARY EASING...THE GFS MODEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY SIGNALED
SOME HOPE OF CLEARING HAS AGAIN RETURNED TO A WETTER PATTERN.
&&
.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH...ALL ISLANDS THRU FRIDAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THRU FRIDAY.
&&
MATSUDA
Winter Storm, Big Island Summit
- When
- March 16, 5:00 AM HST to March 17, 3:36 AM HST
- Where
- Big Island Summit forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snow accumulated to as much as 12 inches in less than a 12-hour period on the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Winds caused 4-foot snow drifts in some areas, and ice was reported as thick as 6 inches on roads. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries, however.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- High Wind in Oregon, March 16, 200672 kt wind · 6 events
- Winter Weather in Iowa, March 16, 20062 events
- Wildfire in Arkansas, March 16 to 17, 20061 event
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 16, 2006$2,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Alaska, March 16, 200671 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, March 16, 20061 event
- Wildfire in Maryland, March 16, 20061 event
- Heavy Snow in California, March 16 to 17, 20061 event
- Heavy Snow in California, March 16 to 17, 20061 event
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: 5495620.