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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

519 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

519 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...

...TORRENTIAL RAINS POUNDING THE GARDEN ISLE...



AT 513 AM HST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN 

STRETCHING FROM LIHUE...TO KALAHEO...TO KEKAHA...TO MANA. 

ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ONSHORE FROM THE SOUTH. AS OF 

530 AM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF KAUAI...FROM NEAR KIPU 

FALLS...TO LIHUE...TO ANAHOLA. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 7 AM...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED.   



ANOTHER AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND 

NEAR MANA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 600 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY 

FALLEN THERE AS OF 530 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 2195 15984 2182 15941 2213 15920 2231 15971



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