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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1017 PM HST WED MAR 8 2006



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ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

1017 PM HST WED MAR 8 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM HST...



AT 1010 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER 

OAHU.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF LEVELS REMAIN HIGH OVER THE WINDWARD AREAS 

OF THE KOOLAUS.  SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE HAUULA AREA AND 

SEVERAL HOMES ARE FLOODED IN THE PUNALUU...HAUULA AND LAIE AREAS. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KAHUKU...LAIE...HALEIWA AND PUNALUU.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED 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 HONOLULU COUNTY THROUGH THURSDAY

NIGHT.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1145 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2137 15783 2149 15776 2175 15799 2165 15810



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