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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

148 AM HST SUN OCT 2 2005



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KAUAI-

148 AM HST SUN OCT 2 2005



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

KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY...



AT 142 AM HST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

ROAD CLOSURE AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS ARE 

MOVING OVER NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN KAUAI WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAPID 

STREAM RISES WITHIN ALREADY ELEVATED STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN 

ADDITION...ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES OCCURRING NOW THROUGH 300 AM HST 

WILL HELP KEEP STREAMS AND RIVERS HIGH.



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

WAILUA...MOLOAA...KAPAA...KILAUEA...KALALAU VALLEY...HANALEI...

HANAKOA VALLEY...HANAKAPIAI VALLEY...HAENA AND ANAHOLA.



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 2189 15974 2180 15936 2219 15925 2228 15964



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