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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

248 PM HST THU SEP 15 2005



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HAWAII-

248 PM HST THU SEP 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY...



AT 245 PM HST...RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER MOST OF THE WARNING 

AREA. RUNOFF CONTINUES HOWEVER...AND AREA ROADS MAY HAVE STANDING 

OR RUNNING WATER OVER THE ROAD SURFACES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAIPIO

VALLEY...PEPEEKEO...LAUPAHOEHOE...KURTISTOWN...KEAAU...KAMUELA...

HONOKAA...HILO...HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK...HAKALAU AND AKAKA FALLS 

STATE PARK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS AND MAY 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII 

UNITL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.



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 1894 15570 1948 15473 2027 15543 2008 15574

      1952 15541 1912 15568



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