A kona low developed west-northwest of the Hawaiian Islands and brought periods of heavy rainfall and isolated thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall lead to localized flash flooding and landslides across portions of the State.
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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.
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
A kona low developed west-northwest of the Hawaiian Islands and brought periods of heavy rainfall and isolated thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall lead to localized flash flooding and landslides across portions of the State. Impacts from the kona low continued into December 2023 and are covered in episode 186869.
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 Nov 29, 8:51 PM HST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 debris flow, 2 high wind, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hawaii Police Department reported a landslide closing the Hawaii Belt Rd (Highway 19) between Mile Marker Twelve and Honomu Rd.
A landslide was reported near Mile Marker 28 in Kawaili Gulch along Hawaii Belt rd. (Highway 19).
Persistent heavy rainfall lead to water accumulating on the roads which prompted the road closure of Wood Valley Road.
Periods of heavy rainfall lead to an accumulation of water on the roadways which led to the closure of Piilani highway from mile marker 29-31, as well as mile marker 16. Hana Highway was also closed near mile marker 40.
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, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1144654, 1144655, 1144649, 1143752, 1143753, 1144650.