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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

415 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

415 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM HST...



AT 409 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM ANAHOLA TO 

LIHUE...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. TORRENTIAL 

RAIN WAS FALLING ON THE SLOPES OF KILOHANA CRATER ABOVE LIHUE...AND 

SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED...THIS WILL QUICKLY CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING DOWNSTREAM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR 

FROM NEAR MANA TO KEKAHA...TO PAKALA. AREAS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN TO 

THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI ARE MOVING NORTH...AND WILL MOVE 

OVER THE ISLAND BETWEEN 430 AM AND 600 AM. 



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.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 615 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2192 15973 2182 15941 2213 15920 2224 15931



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