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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

814 AM HST WED FEB 2 2005



HIC007-021945-

KAUAI-

814 AM HST WED FEB 2 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WAILUA...LIHUE...KAPAA...PRINCEVILLE AND HANALEI.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER MOST AREAS OF KAUAI...THE USGS 

STREAM GAGE ON HANALEI RIVER STILL INDICATED WATER LEVELS WELL ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE.  



POLICE ON KAUAI REPORTED THE HANALEI BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER AND KAMALU ROAD IS CLOSED MAUKA OF WAILUA AND KAPAA.



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 2193 15940 2200 15928 2227 15950 2219 15961



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