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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

853 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



HIC007-020900-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

853 PM HST WED MAR 1 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM HST...



AT 848 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ONSHORE 

ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF KAUAI FROM HANAPEPE TO KEKAHA. IN 

ADDITION...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE ISLAND AND 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.



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

FALLS...KALALAU VALLEY...PUHI...LIHUE...NA PALI STATE PARK...HAENA...

WAINIHA...HANALEI...WAILUA...KAPAA...PRINCEVILLE...KALIHIWAI...

KILAUEA...ANAHOLA AND MOLOAA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR NIIHAU....KAUAI AND OAHU THROUGH 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.



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 1100 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2197 15986 2188 15954 2191 15934 2213 15928

      2225 15943 2222 15969



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