After several days that each received more than 4 inches (10 cm) of rain last week, everyone was waiting for the sunshine to come back. Finally, the weather forecast called for a break in the clouds over the weekend. But before the storm was done, it had the final say: 7 inches (18 cm) of rain at my house from noon to 7 pm on Thursday (March 16th).
I looked up the rain gauge records online and found we received more than Waialeale that day, indeed all of Kapaa got drenched with more than 6 inches (15cm):
Source: National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office
Nounou once again had its temporary waterfalls, and with the clouds blowing over, looked like a misty Chinese mountain painting (well, not quite):
Oh, my! Those of us biking to and from work here thought we were having a tough time staying dry with spring rains, but you probably got more from that storm system than we’ve had all March.
7 inches of rain in 7 hours! No wonder your floods wash trees away.