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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

755 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006



HIC007-211900-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY -

755 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM HST...



AT 750 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN NEAR KAPAA...OR

ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 

STATIONARY AND WILL CAUSE A RAPID RISE OF KAPAA STREAM AND ANAHOLA 

STREAM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...KAPAA...MOLOAA AND ANAHOLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 UNTIL WEDNESDAY 

MORNING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 900 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2204 15954 2196 15934 2211 15928 2223 15929

      2223 15955



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