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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

330 AM HST SUN OCT 2 2005



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KAUAI-

330 AM HST SUN OCT 2 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY...



AT 330 AM HST...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER MOST OF KAUAI.  

WATER LEVELS IN MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE SLOWLY DROPPING BUT 

STILL REMAIN HIGH...PARTICULARLY AT THE WAILUA RIVER. 



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

MOLOAA...KIPU FALLS...KAPAA...KALALAU VALLEY...HANAMAULU...HANAKOA

VALLEY AND ANAHOLA.



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 2187 15940 2190 15963 2207 15979 2218 15968

      2219 15929



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