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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1258 AM HST TUE OCT 25 2005



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HONOLULU-

1258 AM HST TUE OCT 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF

OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY...



AT 1254 AM HST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

KAPAA QUARRY ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER ON THE ROAD. ALSO...THAT 

WATER REMAINS WITHIN THE BANKS OF THE WAIAHOLE STREAM ON THE 

WINDWARD SIDE OF OAHU...BUT THAT THE WATER IS RISING. POLICE ARE 

MONITORING THE STREAM...AND MAY CLOSE THE HIGHWAY IF NEEDED. 



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

WHEELER AFB...WHITMORE VILLAGE...WAHIAWA...PUPUKEA...PUNALUU... 

LAIE...KAHUKU...KAAAWA...HAUULA AND HALEIWA.



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 2119 15788 2130 15762 2178 15792 2162 15819

      2142 15804



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