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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1029 AM HST FRI MAR 17 2006



HIC007-172200-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

1029 AM HST FRI MAR 17 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY...



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL NOON HST...



AT 1020 AM HST...OBSERVATIONS FROM BARKING SANDS SHOWED THAT HEAVY 

RAINS HAVE REACHED WEST KAUAI AS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES 

SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST.  HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM NIIHAU BUT 

WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS KAUAI OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS.  



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HAENA...WAINIHA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...NA PALI STATE

PARK...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA...LIHUE...POIPU...KOLOA...

KALAHEO...WAIMEA...HANAPEPE...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 NOON HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2182 15959 2186 15933 2226 15922 2227 15973

      2215 15983 2183 15986



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