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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1110 PM HST SAT OCT 1 2005



HIC007-021115-

KAUAI-

1110 PM HST SAT OCT 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY...



AT 1100 PM HST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE 

CLOSURE OF KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE DUE TO FLOODING 

FROM THE HANALEI RIVER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HANALEI... 

WAINIHA...KILAUEA AND HAENA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



LAT...LON 2200 15963 2200 15939 2226 15938 2227 15961



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