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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

508 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 815 PM HST



* AT 459 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED TORRENTIAL RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE 

  ISLAND OF KAUAI. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 

  10 MPH...BUT EXTENDED WELL OFFSHORE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND.



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

  STATE PARK...MANA...WAIMEA...HANAPEPE...LIHUE...AND PRINCEVILLE.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES AND EXPANDS THE PRE-EXISTING 

WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND 

OF KAUAI. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER 

HOUR WERE OCCURING...AND WITH THE SOILS ALREADY SATURATED FROM LAST 

WEEKS HEAVY RAINS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND ASSOCIATED RUNOFF 

WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.  



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 815 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



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



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