Updated at 11:39 a.m., Sunday, November 4, 2007
Loud thunder, heavy rain, blinding lightning reported
Advertiser Staff
A rainstorm that spread over O'ahu began to intensify about 12:45 a.m.Motorists on the H-1 Freeway said traffic was reduced to a crawl through Pearl City at about 12:20 a.m. as a result of extremely heavy downpours.
One motorist described the rain as "some of the heaviest I've ever been in."
Another newsroom caller reported "an incredible lightning show" taking place off O'ahu's Windward Coast at about 12:30 a.m.
Police received a call from someone in Central O'ahu about 11:45 p.m. complaining about loud booms, possibly from illegal aerial fireworks.
It was quickly determined the noise was being generated by loud thunder claps.
