#maui flood warning

The Flash Flood Warning that was in effect for the island of Maui is canceled. The heavy rain has ended and flooding will continue to diminish. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 6 p.m. Friday for Maui and the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the island of Maui until 10:45 p.m. At 8:14 p.m., radar indicated heavy rain over East Maui, falling at a rate of 2 to 3.5 inches per hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

The National Weather Service has extended a Flash Flood Warning for the island of Molokaʻi until 9:45 p.m..

A strong front is moving rapidly toward the main Hawaiian Islands, bringing periods of heavy showers and thunderstorms through Monday night. Strong and damaging southwest, or kona, winds will also develop tonight and continue through Monday.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Advisory for the island of Maui until 7:30 p.m.

At 7:45 a.m., radar showed widespread moderate rainfallcontinuing over all of windward Maui, with some showers spreading to leeward areas. “Shower coverage upstream is gradually diminishing, and thus rainfall is expected to subside as the morning progresses,” according to the NWS forecast.

Below are storm photos from what the National Weather Service reported as Maui County’s “heaviest rainfall.” The rainfall was expected to cause “catastrophic flooding and affect areas that do not usually flood.”

The National Weather Service reports that flood waters have receded. Piʻilani Highway remains closed at Pahihi Gulch due to earlier flood damage. A Flood Watch remains in effect for Maui County through Tuesday afternoon.

A flash flood watch remains in effect for all islands until 6 p.m. today. Although a warning was lifted, road and park closures continue.

At 2:46 p.m., radar indicated heavy showers falling over the northern slopes of the West Maui Mountains and Haleakalā.

“Additional heavy rainfall over windward Maui could cause the failure of the Kaupakalua Dam near Haʻikū, where water levels remain above normal,” the NWS advises. “If the Kaupakalua Dam were to fail, a life-threatening flood wave could occur downstream of the dam.”

At 6:30 a.m., radar indicated very heavy rainfall over the Hāna coast, and along the slopes of windward Haleakalā. Rainfall rates of two inches per hour on saturated soils is leading to extreme runoff, with additional rainfall expected, according to the NWS forecast.

A flash flood watch remains in effect through this afternoon for Maui County and the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Additional heavy rainfall may develop  later this morning as Tropical Storm Lane lingers southwest of Maui,  and a Flash Flood Watch remains posted.

The system will combine with an upper level trough to bring the threat of heavy rain and flash flooding mainly from Oʻahu eastward to the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A flood watch is in effect through late tonight as an upper level low combined with enhanced low level moisture brings a threat of heavy rain & flash flooding.

An upper level disturbance interacting with deep moisture along an old front will produce bouts of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms through Sunday.

The areas at greatest risk are the east and southeast slopes of all islands, though any given location could experience excessive rainfall and flash flooding.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the island of Maui in Maui County until 10:15 a.m. At 7:16 a.m., radar indicated stationary thunderstorms producing heavy rain upslope from Kipahulu and Kaupo.

The National Weather Service has EXTENDED the FLASH FLOOD WATCH for MAUI COUNTY, now in effect until 6 p.m. Wednesday.