Radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain, with rates of one to two inches per hour, had fallen over northern Kauai. Area river and stream gauges showed elevated flows.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain, with rates of one to two inches per hour, had fallen over northern Kauai. Area river and stream gauges showed elevated flows.
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 Jan 29, 8:46 PM HST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
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</html>The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:40 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Kuhio Highway was closed near the Hanalei Bridge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Hawaii in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 2023
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: 1072848.