ants ▁of ▁Kenneth ▁interact ed ▁with ▁an ▁upper - level ▁tr ough , ▁producing ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 2   in ▁( 3 0 5   mm ) ▁on ▁O ahu . ▁Lake ▁Wilson ▁and ▁the ▁K au kon ah ua ▁Stream ▁both ▁overflow ed ▁their ▁banks ▁as ▁a ▁result . ▁A ▁few ▁homes ▁were ▁flo oded ▁along ▁Hawai i ▁Route ▁ 6 1 ▁by ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁foot ▁of ▁flow ing ▁water . ▁W aves ▁of ▁ 8 – 1 0   ft ▁( 2 – 3   m ) ▁affected ▁the ▁coast line ▁of ▁the ▁Hawai ian ▁Islands . ▁ ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁L idia ▁ ▁In ▁mid - Se ptember , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁tropical ▁waves ▁entered ▁the ▁eastern ▁Pacific ▁from ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁Sea . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁waves ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁by ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   1 7 , ▁which ▁intens ified ▁into ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁L idia ▁and ▁att ained ▁peak ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 4 0   m ph ▁( 6 5   km / h ) ▁six ▁hours ▁later . ▁Initial ▁forec asts ▁were ▁of ▁low ▁confidence , ▁with ▁forec aster s ▁cit ing ▁uncertainty ▁in ▁whether ▁L idia ▁or ▁a ▁developing ▁disturb ance ▁to ▁its ▁east ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁dominant ▁cy clone . ▁Near ly ▁station ary , ▁the ▁cy clone ' s ▁cloud ▁pattern ▁soon ▁became ▁dist orted ▁by ▁the ▁much ▁larger ▁circul ation ▁of ▁developing ▁Trop ical ▁Storm