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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1133 PM HST SAT OCT 1 2005



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1133 PM HST SAT OCT 1 2005



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

OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY...



AS OF 1130 PM HST...HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE DECREASED IN THE PAST HALF 

HOUR...BUT MODERATE RAINFALL PERSISTS ALONG THE KOOLAU RANGE. RUNOFF 

FROM LAKE WILSON CONTINUES TO THREATEN OTAKE CAMP IN WAIALUA...AND 

THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS HIGH.



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

MILILANI TOWN...HONOLULU...MAUNAWILI...KAILUA...KAHALUU AND WAIALUA.



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.



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 2130 15784 2133 15767 2165 15807 2160 15815

      2143 15802



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