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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

655 AM HST SUN FEB 19 2006



HIC003-191815-

ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

655 AM HST SUN FEB 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM HST...



AT 650 AM HST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE WINDWARD SIDE 

OF OAHU NEAR KAAAWA...PUNALUU...AND WAIKANE OR JUST NORTH OF 

KANEOHE. RAIN GAGES...AND RADAR...INDICATE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 

ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 

STATIONARY. 



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.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 815 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2147 15789 2142 15780 2145 15781 2153 15783

      2158 15786 2162 15791 2163 15794



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