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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

359 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



HIC007-020445-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

359 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM HST...



AT 355 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF 

TORRENTIAL RAIN MOVING ONSHORE FROM NEAR KEKAHA...TO WAIMEA...TO 

PAKALA...TO HANAPEPE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 

AROUND 10 MPH...AND EXTENDED WELL SOUTH OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI.  

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WAS 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 600 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANA. 



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.



THE 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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