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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

126 AM HST THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 430 AM HST



* AT 118 AM HST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED   

  FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE HANALEI RIVER...KEEPING THE KUHIO 

  HIGHWAY CLOSED. RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS 

  PORTIONS OF SOUTH...CENTRAL AND WEST KAUAI.



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

  POLIHALE STATE PARK...MOLOAA...KAPAA...KILAUEA...KALALAU VALLEY...

  HANALEI...HANAKOA VALLEY...HANAKAPIAI VALLEY...HAENA AND ANAHOLA.



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 430 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE FOR

IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2226 15926 2179 15926 2195 15985 2227 15976



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