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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

450 PM HST TUE FEB 21 2006



HIC003-220530-

ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY -

450 PM HST TUE FEB 21 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM HST...



AT 443 PM HST...RAIN GAGES AT NUUANU AND LYON ARBORETUM SHOWED HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING AT RATES OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE LAST 

20 MINUTES. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL FILL STREAMS AND LOW 

LYING AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE KOOLAUS AND WINDWARD AREAS 

AS THIS STORM CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE ISLAND.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER. 



ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY

TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2123 15802 2125 15760 2159 15784 2147 15803



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