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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

714 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



HIC007-261900-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

714 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM HST...



AT 709 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN JUST 

WEST OF LIHUE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WHILE THE TORRENTIAL RAINS 

OF EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE ENDED OVER MOST OF THE ISLAND OF 

KAUAI...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 

900 AM. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVERNIGHT IN AREAS UPSLOPE FROM KIPU FALLS...NORTH TO JUST SOUTH OF 

ANAHOLA. 



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE OR

CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 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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