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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

544 AM HST THU MAR 2 2006



HIC003-021700-

ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

544 AM HST THU MAR 2 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM HST...



AT 536 AM HST...POLICE REPORTED WATER ON THE ROADS ALONG THE 

WINDWARD SIDE OF OAHU FROM KAHUKU TO KANEOHE. KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY 

WAS BECOMING IMPASSABLE NEAR WAIKANE AND POLICE WERE CLOSING THE 

ROAD. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KAHUKU...LAIE...HAUULA AND PUNALUU.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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.



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

THIS 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 700 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2134 15785 2139 15775 2174 15795 2170 15804



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