Heavy Rain, Hawaii
- When
- November 14, 6:20 PM HST to 9:03 PM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, 1.86 mi SE of Holualoa to 3.66 mi ESE of Honaunau National Pk
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.929
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, November 14, 2015
Early evening heavy showers formed over the Kona mountain slopes on the Big Island of Hawaii. The rain caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding on roadways.
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.
Early evening heavy showers formed over the Kona mountain slopes on the Big Island of Hawaii. The rain caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding on roadways. There were no reports of significant injuries or property damage.
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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 604033.