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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1221 AM HST SUN OCT 2 2005



HIC007-021230-

KAUAI-

1221 AM HST SUN OCT 2 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY...



AT 1214 AM HST...RADAR DATA INDICATED VERY HEAVY SHOWERS FALLING 

OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF KAUAI AT RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER 

HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WAILUA RIVER AND KAPAHI 

STREAM TO CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE THEIR ALREADY HIGH LEVELS.  HANALEI 

RIVER LEVELS DROPPED A BIT OVER THE PAST HOUR BUT WILL LIKELY RISE 

AGAIN WITH THIS NEW BURST OF HEAVY RAIN.



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

WAILUA...MOLOAA...KAPAA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...HAENA...WAIMEA...

HANAPEPE AND ANAHOLA.



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.



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 2189 15974 2180 15936 2219 15925 2228 15964



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