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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

302 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



HIC003-020230-

ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

302 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM HST...



AT 257 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN NEARLY STATIONARY 

OVER WINDWARD OAHU...FROM LAIE TO KAAAWA TO KANEOHE.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

LAIE...HAUULA...KUALOA...KAAAWA...WAIKANE...PUNALUU AND 

WAIAHOLE. A RAIN GAUGE NEAR PUNALUU HAD ALREADY RECORDED OVER 5 

INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 3 PM...AND 1 FOOT OF WATER WAS COVERING 

WAILEHUA ROAD NEAR KAHALUU.   



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE OR

CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 430 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2143 15791 2145 15776 2175 15790 2173 15806



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