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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

935 AM HST WED FEB 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 1240 PM HST



* AT 928 AM HST...A STREAM GAGE ON HANALEI RIVER CONTINUED TO 

  INDICATE STREAM LEVELS ABOVE FLASH FLOOD THRESHOLD.  RADAR DATA 

  ALSO INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING TOWARD KAUAI FROM 

  THE NORTHEAST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  WAINIHA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...ANAHOLA...KAPAA AND WAILUA.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1240 PM HST

IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2214 15964 2198 15934 2220 15928 2224 15963



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