Heavy Rain, Maui
- When
- July 14, 3:45 PM HST to 6:20 PM HST
- Where
- Maui County, 1.18 mi NNW of Makena to 3.82 mi SE of Makena
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 20.686, -156.438
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, July 14, 2008
Heavy showers over the southwest slopes of Haleakala in East Maui caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. However, there were no reports of significant property damage or injuries.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- 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 southwest slopes of Haleakala in East Maui caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. However, there were no reports of significant 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 Jul 14, 9:57 AM HST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:57 AM HST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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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
- Heat in Nevada, July 14 to 15, 2008
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 14 to 15, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 14, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 14, 2008
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, July 14, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 14, 2008
- Heavy Rain in Florida, July 14 to 15, 2008
- Flash Flooding in California, July 14 to 15, 2008
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, July 2008
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 113692.