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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1054 PM HST MON JAN 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 200 AM HST



* AT 1044 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD EASED OVER THE ISLAND OF KAUAI. HOWEVER... 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF THE ISLAND...AND 

  ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ANY 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE 

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CONTINUED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAINIHA...

  HANALEI...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA...LIHUE...POIPU...

  KALAHEO...WAIMEA...AND KEKAHA..



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS

IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY

TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP

NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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



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