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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

554 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



HIC007-020615-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

554 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM HST...



AT 548 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAIN FROM MANA TO KOKEE 

STATE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND...AND FROM NEAR LIHUE TO 

KAPAA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH.



ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF FROM NEAR WAIMEA TO HANAPEPE ON THE 

SOUTH SHORE...ANOTHER AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS JUST 

OFFSHORE...MOVING NORTH...AND WILL MOVE ONSHORE BY 615 PM. EXPECT 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM WAIMEA TO HANAPEPE BY 730 PM.



SATURATED SOILS FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF LAST WEEK ON KAUAI WILL LEAD 

TO RAPID RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING...AND 

WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY RESULT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HAENA...WAINIHA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...NA PALI STATE

PARK...MOLOAA...KALALAU VALLEY...ANAHOLA...KOKEE STATE PARK...

KAPAA...WAILUA AND 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 815 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2182 15977 2182 15924 2231 15927 2232 15985



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