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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

344 AM HST SAT MAR 11 2006



HIC007-111530-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

344 AM HST SAT MAR 11 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM HST...



AT 336 AM HST...RAIN GAGES AT KAPAHI AND WAILUA SHOWED HEAVY RAIN

FALLING AT .33 TO .40 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

MOLOAA TO POIPU...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF

LIHUE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

FALLS...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 KAUAI...NIIHAU AND OAHU UNTIL 4 PM 

HST 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 530 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2228 15954 2191 15967 2181 15933 2225 15922



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