History: Last time a storm went through Alenuihaha Channel, 1978

JUNE 26 – JULY 3, 1978 (CARLOTTA) The ex-hurricane passed across 19N 140W, and proceeded nearly straight westward along 20N. The center of the vortex passed over the Alenuihaha Channel between the Big Island of Hawaii and the island of Maui on June 28. During its travel across the, length of the island chain it produced heavy rainfall over much of the area north of the center, but there was no appreciable increase in windspeeds. Rainfall amounts in many areas were as high as 6 inches (152 mm), especially over the island of Oahu. As far as the Hawaiian public was concerned, CARLOTTA was one of the major weather producers of the season. CARLOTTA’s remnants continued to be clearly identifiable as a tropical disturbance on GOES-3 imagery as the storm proceeded westward. It was tracked to longitude 170E, where it merged with a cold LOW aloft. It continued to move westward to near Marcus Island (24N, 154E) on July 10.