Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- March 26, 9:32 PM HST to March 27, 12:05 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, Anahola to Kapaa
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 22.120, -159.300
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 26 to 27, 2007
Heavy showers over the northeast portion of Kauai caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. For a short while, stream water was flowing over the road surface on a bridge in Kapaa.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- 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.
Heavy showers over the northeast portion of Kauai caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. For a short while, stream water was flowing over the road surface on a bridge in Kapaa. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
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 26, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST MON MAR 26 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ADVANCE TO OUR AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND LINGER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. IT WILL KEEP THE WINDS LIGHT...ALLOWING LOCAL LAND AND SEA BREEZES TO DOMINATE. && .DISCUSSION... SURFACE PRESSURE FROM THE REPORTING STATIONS AROUND THE ISLANDS HAS DROPPED ABOUT ONE MILLIBAR COMPARING TO YESTERDAY AT THE SAME TIME...AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE ISLANDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED MORE SOUTHEASTERLY AS WELL...AND HAVE DECREASED QUITE A BIT COMPARING TO LAST NIGHT. THE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE PUSHED THE PLUME CLOUDS FROM THE BIG ISLAND OVER THE WESTERN ISLANDS THIS EVENING. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE CLOUDIER FOR OAHU THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOME OF THESE CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL HAS BEEN SPORADIC THIS EVENING AS EXPECTED AND SITES ON OAHU REPORTED THE MOST SO FAR...WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING DUE TO THE CLOUDINESS. IN FACT...OLOMANA GAUGE IN THE EAST OAHU JUST REPORTED A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE LAST HALF HOUR. LOW PRESSURE FAR NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD AND HEADING TOWARDS OUR ISLANDS. FORECAST CHARTS STILL INDICATE THIS TROUGH WILL ARRIVE THE ISLANDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT AS THIS TROUGH REACHES OUR AREA. CONVECTIVE TYPE WEATHER REGIME WILL SET IN...WITH DAYTIME SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING UNDER INSOLATION AND NIGHTTIME LAND BREEZE DEVELOPING UNDER RADIATIONAL COOLING OVER LAND. CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP UNDER DAYTIME HEATING OVER THE LAND...THEN SPREAD OUT DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. FORECAST CHARTS ALSO INDICATE MOISTURE IS LIMITED THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND AIR MASS WILL REMAIN MARGINALLY UNSTABLE. THUS EXPECT PRECIPITATION FROM CONVECTION TO HAVE LIMITED AREAL COVERAGE...THOUGH LOCALLY HEAVIER DOWNPOURS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE. FORECAST CHARTS ARE ALSO CONSISTENT IN THE DURATION OF THIS WEATHER PATTERN...IN THAT IT WILL PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. IT WILL THUS BE SOME TIME BEFORE WE SHALL SEE TRADE WINDS OR TRADE WIND WEATHER AGAIN. PREVIOUS PACKAGE IS ON TRACK. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && HUI
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 26, 2007
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, March 26 to 27, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 26, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, March 26, 2007
- Heavy Snow in California, March 26 to 27, 2007
- Dust Storm and Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 26 to 27, 2007
- Hail in Michigan, March 26, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 26, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 26, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 26 to 28, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 26, 2007
- Marine Hail in Lake Michigan, March 26, 2007
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, March 2007
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: 14272.