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Flood advisory ends for Oahu

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

A composite radar image showed an area of heavy showers over Oahu today.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Satellite imagery shows heavy rain over Oahu this afternoon.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu canceled a flood advisory for the island of Oahu today.

The advisory was canceled shortly after 5 p.m.

At 2:33 p.m., radar showed heavy showers and thunderstorms with rain rates between two to three inches an hour periodically falling over northwest Oahu, the Weather Service said. The heaviest rainfall has been falling around the Waianae Mountains.

The rainfall was expected to continue through the rest of the afternoon.

Locations in the advisory include: Wahiawa, Waialua, Schofield Barracks, Ahuimanu, Punaluu, Wheeler Field, Waikele, Waiahole, Moanalua, Nanakuli, Pearl City and Waipahu.

Rainfall may cause dangerous driving conditions with ponding on the roadway, reduced visibility, and poor braking action, the Weather Service said.

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