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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

455 AM HST FRI MAR 3 2006



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ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

455 AM HST FRI MAR 3 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM HST...



AT 448 AM HST...RADAR DATA SHOWED HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

FROM PUNALUU TO WAIMANALO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES 

NORTH OF HONOLULU TO 9 MILES EAST OF HONOLULU. THE AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KAILUA.



CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORT A ROCK SLIDE ON THE KAILUA-BOUND LANE 

OF THE PALI HIGHWAY AT AROUND 415 AM HST. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT 

SECTIONS OF KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY REMAIN CLOSED ALONG THE EAST COAST.



DATA FROM RAIN GAGES SHOWED RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FROM 

AREAS INCLUDING PUNALUU...LULUKU...WAIHEE...NIU VALLEY...AND WILSON 

TUNNEL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW-LYING AREAS.



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 UNTIL 400 PM HST.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 630 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2156 15802 2128 15777 2132 15767 2165 15788



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