Nov 1, 2000
Upper air instability and remnants of a tropical cyclone combined to generate torrential rains that produced severe flash flooding over eastern and southeastern parts of the Big Island on the 1st and 2nd of November. Twenty-four hour rainfall totals were as high as 25 to 37 inches, the latter figure being only one inch off the statewide record of 38 inches of rain in 24 hours set in January 25, 1956, in Kilauea, Kauai.Four young men from Panaewa saved a woman and her three grandchildren from f
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5161568). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hawaii County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.