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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

215 PM HST SAT OCT 1 2005



HIC003-020200-

HONOLULU-

215 PM HST SAT OCT 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY...



AT 200 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF OAHU. A 

THUNDERSTORM OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS ABOVE PEARL HARBOR WAS 

PRODUCING RAINFALL AT ESTIMATED RATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES PER 

HOUR. HEAVY RAIN ALSO BRIEFLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT THE HONOLULU 

AIRPORT TO ONE MILE. WHILE THE STORMS AFFECTING THESE AREAS HAVE 

WEAKENED...HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE SINCE FORMED ELSEWHERE OVER THE 

KOOLAUS FROM WAIAWA TO KAHUKU.



CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS TO DEVELOP 

ANYWHERE ON OAHU. STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS COMING DOWN FROM THE 

KOOLAUS...ESPECIALLY IF THUNDER IS HEARD.



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.



LAT...LON 2134 15789 2138 15775 2155 15784 2149 15798



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