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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

644 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



HIC007-020615-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

644 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 635 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM HANAPEPE TO KIPU FALLS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

EXPECT ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM HANAPEPE TO LIHUE BY 800 

PM.



SATURATED SOILS FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER TODAY AND FROM LAST 

WEEK ON KAUAI WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF OF ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

THIS EVENING...WITH FLASH FLOODING THE RESULT. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WAIMEA...PUHI...KEKAHA...LIHUE...MANA...WAILUA...KAPAA...KAWAIHAU...

KOKEE STATE PARK...HAENA...WAINIHA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...

PRINCEVILLE...NA PALI STATE PARK...MOLOAA...KALALAU VALLEY AND

ANAHOLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH

FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL.



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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