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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

830 PM HST FRI MAR 10 2006



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ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

830 PM HST FRI MAR 10 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN

KAUAI COUNTY...



AT 825 PM HST...RADAR DATA SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL 

KAUAI MOVING NORTH SLOWLY ACROSS THE HANALEI AREA AND OUT TO SEA. 

THUS...RAINFALL OVER KAUAI IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY SOON.



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI...NIIHAU...AND OAHU 

REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY...



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAVE SUBSIDED...RUNOFF IS STILL

OCCURRING AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SELECTED 

RAIN GAUGES RECORDED RECENT PEAK STAGE VALUES OF 5.38 FEET AT 

WAINIHA RIVER...10.49 FEET AT MAKAWELI RIVER...AND 12.06 FEET AT THE 

SOUTH FORK OF THE WAILUA RIVER.



ALSO...MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN REMAINED OFFSHORE TO THE 

SOUTHEAST OF KAUAI...AND COULD POSSIBLY MOVE ASHORE LATER TONIGHT. 

THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING.



DON/T TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR FAST-FLOWING STREAMS IN YOUR

VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. MANY PEOPLE DIE TRYING TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



LAT...LON 2185 15945 2193 15930 2225 15945 2215 15978



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