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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

500 PM HST SAT MAR 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 800 PM HST



* OVERALL SHOWER ACTIVITY ON KAUAI HAS DECREASED THIS 

  AFTERNOON...BUT WEATHER RADAR INDICATES ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS 

  ALONG THE WINDWARD COAST. AT 430 PM...OBSERVERS AT THE LIHUE 

  AIRPORT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. IN 

  ADDITION...WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER WATERS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF KAUAI. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ISLAND THIS 

  EVENING.



* THE WARNING AREA INCLUDES ALL COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN IS ENCOUNTERED. STAY AWAY FROM 

STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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.



DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR

ON FOOT. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...

DON/T DROWN.



REPORT FLOODING TO POLICE OR CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 800 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2228 15944 2217 15974 2200 15984 2183 15947

      2196 15931 2219 15927



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