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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

601 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 900 AM HST



* AT 559 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST NORTH OF 

  MANA...EASTWARD TO LIHUE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH 

  AT 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

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

  PARK...MOLOAA...KALALAU VALLEY...ANAHOLA...KOKEE STATE PARK...

  KAPAA...BARKING SANDS...WAILUA AND MANA.



RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

MUCH OF THE ISLAND FROM NEAR KIPU FALLS...NORTH TO NEAR ANAHOLA... 

AND FROM KEKAHA TO NEAR MANA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS AS WELL AS 

RAPID RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO PERSIST 

THROUGH AT LEAST 900 AM. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. STAY AWAY FROM 

STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS BEFORE DAWN...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 IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT...AND MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 900 AM HST 

IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2197 15988 2182 15941 2213 15920 2236 15961



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