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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

442 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



HIC007-020445-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

442 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 436 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF 

TORRENTIAL RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MANA TO WAIMEA TO 

HANAPEPE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN 

EXTENDED OFFSHORE FOR 30 MILES SOUTH OF KEKAHA TO HANAPEPE...AND WAS 

MOVING NORTH. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

ALREADY FALLEN JUST OFFSHORE BY 445 PM...AND RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 

6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 630 PM.  



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

STATE PARK.



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.



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 645 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



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



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