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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

433 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006



HIC007-211615-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY -

433 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM HST...



AT 415 AM HST...A GAGE ON HANALEI RIVER INDICATED A WATER

LEVEL ABOVE FLASH FLOOD THRESHOLD FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL 

KAUAI.  KAUAI POLICE REPORTED THAT THE HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI RIVER 

BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED.  



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WAINIHA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...MOLOAA...KAPAA...WAILUA 

AND ANAHOLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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...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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR KAUAI COUNTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 

MORNING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 615 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2184 15955 2189 15926 2229 15931 2227 15958



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