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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

736 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

736 AM HST SUN MAR 26 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM HST...



AT 735 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM HAWAII 

KAI...NORTH TO KAILUA. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

IN ADDITION...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN 

WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF THE WAIANAE COAST...AND WAS MOVING EAST 

AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY MOVE ONSHORE BY AROUND 900 

AM..AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SATURATED... 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING.



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 930 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2122 15831 2120 15753 2185 15781 2160 15830



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