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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

225 AM HST MON FEB 20 2006



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ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY -

225 AM HST MON FEB 20 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM HST...



AT 219 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN NEAR HAENA...OR

ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY

STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR.



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

AND NA PALI STATE PARK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH

FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL.



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...DONT

DROWN. CAMPERS IN AREAS FROM WAINIHA TO NA PALI STATE PARK SHOULD 

MOVE AWAY FROM STREAMS IMMEDIATELY. 



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 515 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2212 15967 2212 15948 2230 15948 2230 15967



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