Twin Waterspouts Appear In Hawaii (VIDEO)

Waterspouts are not an everyday occurrence in Hawaii, especially not twin waterspouts.

Lightning and thunderstorms accompanied the spouts that appeared off Ala Moana on Monday, leaving Honolulu County under a flash flood warning, according to KITV. A large portion of Oahu was left without power yesterday evening, though the exact cause of the outage was unknown.

“I saw a lightning flash near my dorm,” Shanelle Solomon, a University of Hawaii-Manoa senior told the Star-Advertiser. “It was like a purple string in the sky, like straight down.”

In all, the waterspouts, which can be seen in the video below, lasted about 12 minutes.

According to the Star-Advertiser, hail and increased lightning began as the sun went down. Despite the appearance of the spouts, there seems to have been no injuries reported resulting from the extreme weather.

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Comments

[BuckyJamesDio]

06:59 PM on 05/04/2011

Oh my Gawd! It's beautiful! Oh my Gaaaawwwd! Oh wooowww!! What does it meean? It ... oh wait, that's for double rainbows. Sorry.

[Woods-shade]

07:20 PM on 05/04/2011

lol... : ) Bucky? What would you say about Shakespeare quotes not being allowed to post on a "Shakespeare's Dirtiest Lines" thread? I'm flummoxed. I'm desperate to lance those mawds.

[BuckyJamesDio]

08:16 PM on 05/04/2011

Hi Woodsie! :-)

Anymore, it's gotten ridiculous what gets patrolled. Threads that are emotional and could incite flame wars are open territory, yet you have to wait an hour before your question about arugula gets posted on a food thread. Okay, bad example, as many a war has been started over field greens.

It doesn't surprise me that a thread about dirty lines would be screened to protect the new influx of children onto this board. I pretty much stopped trying to post Youtube links, as very few make it through for me. Ah well. Progress, I guess.

[rocketmanx2x3x4]

02:50 AM on 05/04/2011

To Huffpost News....Do not post on my fb page without my permissions, please. Fj

[ninelifes23]

02:29 AM on 05/04/2011

he did and not any other no good sucking President.got him. been over about 40 yr sense we had a good president.

[screaminfist]

01:52 AM on 05/04/2011

Wonder how wide they were? Looks like you can swim through them

[cupcake77]

10:47 PM on 05/03/2011

Beautiful

[Akizme72]

06:20 PM on 05/30/2011

freaky

[Guest211]

09:01 PM on 05/03/2011

Cool storm video. Speaking of which...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNr2qBtETmk

[M4dwoman]

06:30 PM on 05/03/2011

I saw several water spouts forming a flanking line while snorkeling with a group of science teachers off the Keys.
We all thought it was really cool, until we realized they were headed towards our little metal boats.

[carlgt1]

05:34 PM on 05/03/2011

Faux News reported it's the hands of Jesus searching for Obama's "real" birth certificate....

[ladyroxxie71]

04:23 PM on 05/03/2011

Wasn't scary at all.. I live about 2 miles from where it was happening. I could look out my kids bedroom and see it clearly... walked to another room and saw it just as clear.. Was cool, took a couple pictures of it..

[justan olnamvet]

05:45 PM on 05/03/2011

I took a movie of 5-7 of 'em over 40 years ago. Unfortunately,they were too shy to be exposed on my film.

[abbienormal]

11:37 PM on 05/03/2011

They are scary if you happen to be on the water.

[chaucer1]

04:12 PM on 05/03/2011

I used to sail in this area off Kewalo Basin years ago, but I never saw anything like this. Scary.

[american-dolt]

03:59 PM on 05/03/2011

Strange and Severe Weather around the Globe, and never a word from Our Prestigious Leaders.

[Wiggly the Wonderworm]

04:05 PM on 05/03/2011

Are they meteorologists? What would you like them to say?

HEY! WE KILLED OSAMA! In local news, ITS GOING TO RAIN!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[american-dolt]

04:21 PM on 05/03/2011

Ya, something like that...

(There are so many of them)

[barts]

03:38 PM on 05/03/2011

I'm still truly amazed by nature's wild phenomena: tormadoes and waterspouts. I did a couple of chases years back, but I never saw one in person. Here in Philly has the most lamest weather on the east coast. I'd be happy for just a clap of thunder once in a while. I know, be careful what I wish for.

[justan olnamvet]

05:42 PM on 05/03/2011

Yeah,gunshots just don't cut it.

[Aries Warrior]

03:32 PM on 05/03/2011

Odd weather patterns all over the globe

but there is no such thing ashaarp...

[Wiggly the Wonderworm]

04:05 PM on 05/03/2011

Nice job correlating the two.

[outlawwales]

03:29 PM on 05/03/2011

Breaking News: It's Raining Fish in Hawaii

[Laura MacMahon]

03:27 PM on 05/03/2011

Double Rainbow Guy: Two Spouts? OMG OMG What does this MEAN???

[justan olnamvet]

05:41 PM on 05/03/2011

Obama carries 2012.