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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

801 PM HST MON JAN 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 1100 PM HST



* AT 755 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF KAUAI. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED 

  TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...AND THE GROUND IS 

  SATURATED. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  HAENA...WAINIHA...HANALEI...KILAUEA... 

  MOLOAA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA...LIHUE...POIPU...KEKAHA...AND 

  WAIMEA.  



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN

EFFECT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

STREAMS AND RIVERS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN 

STEEP TERRAIN. RAINFALL OVER THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND HAS BEEN 

UNUSUALLY HEAVY...SO RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER...MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T

DROWN.



LAT...LON 2187 15975 2177 15919 2230 15925 2220 15984



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