Heavy Rain, Kauai
- When
- November 27, 6:19 PM HST to 10:58 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai County, 1.39 mi ENE of Na Pali Coast Sp to 2.43 mi SSW of Puhi
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 22.187, -159.630
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, November 27, 2019
A surface front stalled just west of the Garden Isle of Kauai helped to initiate rainfall over the isle. The precipitation produced 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.
A surface front stalled just west of the Garden Isle of Kauai helped to initiate rainfall over the isle. The precipitation produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding on roadways. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
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
- Frost and Freeze and Cold in California, November 27 to 29, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, November 27 to 29, 2019
- High Wind in Indiana, November 27, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in New York, November 27 to 28, 2019
- Winter Storm and Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, November 27 to 28, 2019
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, November 27 to 28, 2019
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Ohio, November 27, 2019
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, November 27, 2019
- High Wind in Montana, November 27, 2019
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, November 27 to 29, 2019
- High Wind in Idaho, November 27, 2019
- High Wind in Virginia, November 27 to 28, 2019
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, November 2019
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: 858934.