Waterspout, Oahu Leeward Waters
- When
- March 9, 7:40 AM HST to 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Oahu Leeward Waters forecast zone, 2.31 mi W of Koko Head to 1.73 mi W of Koko Head
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 21.264, -157.755
Waterspout in Hawaiian Waters, March 9, 2013
A short-lived waterspout was captured on video one mile south of Aina Haina on Oahu. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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- 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.
A short-lived waterspout was captured on video one mile south of Aina Haina on Oahu. 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 9, 4:00 AM HST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 4:00 AM HST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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The Molokai radar (PHMO), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 9 to 11, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 9, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 9, 2013
- Hail in Texas, March 9 to 10, 2013
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 9 to 10, 2013
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 9 to 10, 2013
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, March 9, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 9, 2013
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 9, 2013
- Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 9, 2013
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Kansas, March 9 to 10, 2013
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Kansas, March 9 to 10, 2013
More
Every storm in Hawaiian Waters in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather history
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 433454.