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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1126 AM HST THU MAR 16 2006



HIC007-170000-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

1126 AM HST THU MAR 16 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM HST...



AT 1119 AM HST...KAUAI CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THE CLOSURE OF MALUHIA 

ROAD NEAR KOLOA AND KAMALU ROAD NEAR THE WAILUA HOMESTEADS PARK DUE 

TO FLOODING.  VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH KAUAI 

ESPECIALLY NEAR POIPU WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 3 TO 4 INCHES PER 

HOUR RAIN RATES.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HAENA...WAINIHA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...ANAHOLA...

KAPAA...WAILUA...LIHUE...KOLOA...POIPU...KALAHEO...WAIMEA...

KEKAHA AND BARKING SANDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 200 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2192 15979 2184 15934 2224 15926 2224 15964

      2213 15982



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