Heavy showers and thunderstorms continued across the Aloha State as an upper trough and a moist trade flow combined to adversely affect the islands.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Heavy showers and thunderstorms continued across the Aloha State as an upper trough and a moist trade flow combined to adversely affect the islands.
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 3, 8:30 PM HST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST SUN FEB 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS... ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN UNSTABLE DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEST OF KAUAI. THE INFLUENCE OF THIS TROUGH WILL WEAKEN TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SO A RETURN TO NORMAL TRADE WIND WEATHER IS EXPECTED BY MID WEEK. UNTIL THEN HOWEVER THERE IS STILL THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. && DISCUSSION... THE FORECAST OF ISOLATED CONVECTION THROUGH MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT LEAVES THE STATE UNDER THE THREAT OF HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. SINCE TRADE WINDS ARE STILL BLOWING THE AREAS MORE AFFECTED TEND TO BE WINDWARD OR MOUNTAINS BUT HEAVY SHOWERS CAN ALSO MOVE ACROSS LEE AREAS. ACTIVITY OVER KAUAI WANED SUNDAY EVENING BUT INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY COULD START AGAIN ESPECIALLY NEAR KAUAI THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY PRECIPITATION DURING SUNDAY MOVED MORE SLOWLY OVER THAT ISLAND THAN THE OTHER SMALLER ISLANDS HENCE THE CONTINUED CONCERN FOR FLOODING THERE. THE EASTERN BIG ISLAND IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR ANY INCREASE SINCE SATURATED GROUND... CONTINUING PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AND PROBLEMS REMAINING FROM SATURDAY LEAVE THEM SUSCEPTIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SUNDAY EVENING PRECIPITATION ACTIVITY ON RADAR HAS SHOWN SOME INCREASE OVER THE PUNA TO SOUTH POINT AREA... AND A SMALLER INCREASE OVER HAMAKUA DISTRICT. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. && .PREV DISCUSSION 4 PM... A JET STREAM FLOWING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLANK OF THE UPPER TROUGH IS MAINTAINING UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WHILE THE JET STREAM MOVES LITTLE. AS A RESULT...HEAVY SHOWERS AND A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST STATE-WIDE...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. DEEP MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TONIGHT. THE FREEZING LEVEL ON THE AFTERNOON HILO SOUNDING HAS RISEN TO 13 KFT...WITH SUMMIT TEMPS HOVERING AROUND 0C AND LIQUID WATER SEEN ON THE SUMMIT CAMERAS. TEMPERATURES ON THE SUMMITS WILL FALL OVERNIGHT...MAINTAINING THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL...WET SNOW FALL. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DRIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARD AND SLOWLY WEAKENS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE ISLANDS AT THIS TIME...BUT WITH 500 MB TEMPERATURES OVER THE STATE FORECAST TO RUN BETWEEN -10 TO -12 C...THE THREAT OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL REMAIN...THOUGH SHOWER CHANCES WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND STABLE RIDGING ALOFT WILL NOSE IN FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASINGLY STABLE CONDITIONS DURING THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE STATE WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH TRADE WINDS THROUGH MID WEEK. THE HIGH WILL DRIFT EASTWARD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT ITS ASSOCIATED RIDGE WILL HOLD FIRM SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. A FRONT PASSING NORTH OF THE STATE MAY WEAKEN THE RIDGE AND OUR TRADE WINDS SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY...WITH MODERATE TRADES EXPECTED NEXT WEEKEND. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 PM HST MONDAY FOR ALL ISLANDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM HST MONDAY FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF KAUAI OAHU MOLOKAI MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 600 AM HST MONDAY MORNING FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM HST MONDAY FOR MAALAEA BAY-SOUTH BIG ISLAND WATERS-PAILOLO AND ALENUIHAHA CHANNELS. && HOAG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
753 PM HST SUN FEB 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM FLASH FLOOD HANAPEPE 21.92N 159.59W
02/03/2008 KAUAI HI NWS EMPLOYEE
HIGHWAY 50 AT THE HANAPEPE BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED.
ADDITIONAL CARGO CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN DISLODGED AND ARE
FLOWING DOWNSTREAM ON THE HANAPEPE RIVER. VOLUNTARY
EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN HANAPEPE VALLEY.
&&
ELAUPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
756 PM HST SUN FEB 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD HANALEI 22.21N 159.50W
02/03/2008 KAUAI HI EMERGENCY MNGR
HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. WATER
LEVEL AT THE BRIDGE WAS 9.5 FEET ACCORDING TO KAUAI
POLICE.
&&
ELAUPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
900 PM HST SUN FEB 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM FLASH FLOOD HANAPEPE 21.92N 159.59W
02/03/2008 KAUAI HI EMERGENCY MNGR
A COUNTY BRIDGE ON THE HANAPEPE RIVER HAS BEEN CLOSED.
THIS BRIDGE MAY HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY AT LEAST 1 CARGO
CONTAINER THAT WAS DISLODGED ON THE RIVER. VOLUNTARY
EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN HANAPEPE VALLEY. THIS
IS AN UPDATE OF THE LSR ISSUED AT 753 PM FEB 03 2008.
&&
ELAU/HOUSTONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
911 PM HST SUN FEB 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM FLASH FLOOD N WAIMEA 21.96N 159.68W
02/03/2008 KAUAI IN KAUAI HI NWS EMPLOYEE
UPSLOPE FROM WAIMEA TOWN...AT 245 PM THE MAKAWELI RIVER
GAGE REPORTED A LEVEL OF 15.56 FEET. THIS EXCEEDS THE
RECORD PEAK OF 15.51 FEET OBSERVED THERE ON JAN 31 1975.
&&
ELAU/HOUSTONThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding closed a portion of Highway 11, Mamalahoa Highway, in the Kawa Flats area in the Kau District on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Flooding at the Hanalei Bridge closed a part of Kuhio Highway in the northern area of Kauai.
Blowing snow and icy road conditions made travel hazardous to the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Hawaii in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 2008
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: 76652, 76653, 76654, 76660, 76655.