Heavy Rain, Hawaii
- When
- April 6, 4:29 PM HST to 7:26 PM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, 4.51 mi S of Kona Village Resort to 2.81 mi S of Hawaiian Ocean Vw Est
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 19.765, -155.987
Heavy Rain in Hawaii, April 6, 2022
Low level moisture, afternoon heating, and upslope flow induced downpours and isolated thunderstorms over portions of leeward Big Island. The rain 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.
Low level moisture, afternoon heating, and upslope flow induced downpours and isolated thunderstorms over portions of leeward Big Island. The rain produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding on roadways. There were no reports of significant property damage or injuries.
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.
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More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1013001.