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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1230 PM 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 340 PM HST



* AT 1220 PM HST...STREAM GAGES ON HANALEI RIVER AND THE SOUTH FORK 

  OF WAILUA RIVER CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HIGH STREAM LEVELS.  

  RADAR DATA INDICATED DIMINISHED RAINFALL OVER KAUAI BUT ADDITIONAL 

  HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING NORTHEAST AND MOVING TOWARD THE ISLAND.



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

  HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KILAUEA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND 

  LIHUE.



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 340 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2214 15964 2187 15938 2220 15928 2224 15963



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