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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

340 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 645 PM HST



* AT 338 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN MOVING ONSHORE FROM NEAR 

  KEKAHA...TO WAIMEA...TO PAKALA...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF LIHUE. 

  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  MANA...HANAPEPE.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN

EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 6 PM. 



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS

PRONE TO FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR

ON FOOT. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...

DON/T DROWN.



REPORT FLOODING TO POLICE OR CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 645 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2182 15977 2182 15957 2211 15959 2215 15983



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