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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

459 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



HIC003-261715-

ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

459 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM HST...



AT 455 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED A STATIONARY AREA OF MODERATE RAIN NEAR 

WAIMANALO. ALTHOUGH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN OF EARLIER THIS MORNING 

BETWEEN HAWAII KAI AND WAIMANALO HAS ENDED...RAPID RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 600 AM...AND ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN 

MAY FORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OAHU BETWEEN 500 AM AND 700 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 715 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2122 15778 2122 15758 2140 15758 2140 15778



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