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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

239 PM HST THU MAR 16 2006



HIC007-170300-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

239 PM HST THU MAR 16 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM HST...



AT 235 PM HST...RADAR AND RAIN GAGES SHOWED CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN 

OVER KAUAI.  THE MOST INTENSE RATES OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

WERE OVER EAST KAUAI IN THE AREA OF WAILUA AND KAPAA.  ADDITIONAL 

AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE ISLAND FROM 

THE SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 



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 500 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2197 15984 2187 15957 2187 15934 2225 15929

      2224 15970



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