Hurricane Lowell barrels toward Hawaii lashing the state with flooding, dangerous surf

THE TAKEAWAY HONOLULU — Powerful Hurricane Lowell is expected to make a possible rare, direct hit on Hawaii as heavy rain associated with the Category 2 hurricane has already triggered flash flooding on Oahu, and damaging surf is pounding Hawaii's southern shores. Lowell's track shifted farther east early Monday morning Hawaii time, closer to the western islands Ni'ihau and Kaua'i, prompting the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to issue a Tropical Storm Warning for Oahu, the most populated island in the state. WHAT DO HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS MEAN? Hurricane Lowell Statistics.(FOX Weather) A Hurricane Warning was issued for Kauaʻi County late Sunday as well as parts of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a chain of smaller islands and atolls northwest of Hawaii's populated islands. A Flash Flood Warning is currently in effect for the northern side of Kaua'i.