Funnel Cloud, Kauai
- When
- September 25, 9:52 AM HST to 10:41 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, 10 mi NE of Lihue
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, September 25, 2006
Several funnel clouds were spotted embedded within a line of showers over the water near the island of Kauai. The funnels dissipated without incident.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Several funnel clouds were spotted embedded within a line of showers over the water near the island of Kauai. The funnels dissipated without incident.
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 Sep 25, 4:00 AM HST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 4:00 AM HST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 AM HST MON SEP 25 2006 .SYNOPSIS... TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE STATE. TROUGHING IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL CAUSE THE TRADES TO BE ON THE WET SIDE. SOME SHOWERS MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY ESPECIALLY OVER THE BIG ISLAND SLOPES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER AND AROUND THE BIG ISLAND. && .DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST WEST OF THE MAIN ISLANDS...A MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE ISLANDS...AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING WESTWARD IN THE TRADES...IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR INCREASED RAINFALL CHANCES FOR PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 300 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE UPPER LOW HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. A BROAD AREA OF LOWER AND MIDDLE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS EASTWARD FROM OAHU. THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE IS MOVING INTO WINDWARD SECTIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. THIS MOISTURE FIELD HAS BEEN SLOWLY SPREADING WESTWARD AND WILL PROVIDE SHOWERS FOR WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS WITH SOME SHOWERS GETTING BLOWN OVER TO LEEWARD AREAS AT TIMES. DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIKELY CAUSE SHOWERS TO BUILD UP OVER THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE OVER THE COMING DAYS. THIS IS ALREADY EVIDENT BY AN ISOLATED DEEP CELL JUST OFF THE WINDWARD COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AS WELL AS THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE UPPER LOW HANGS AROUND IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISLANDS KEEPING THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE. HAVE DONE SOME GRID MANIPULATION TO BUMP UP THE POPS AS WELL INTRODUCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND TODAY AND TUESDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BURKE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5534379.