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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

914 AM HST MON MAR 27 2006



HIC007-272045-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

914 AM HST MON MAR 27 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 1045 AM HST...



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF KAUAI.



AT 910 AM HST...RADAR AND RAIN GAGES REPORTED DECREASING RAINFALL 

ACTIVITY ACROSS KAUAI.  HOWEVER...KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI 

BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED AND RUNOFF LEVELS ARE STILL HIGH AT OTHER 

AREAS AROUND THE ISLAND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR KAUAI COUNTY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1045 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2198 15979 2187 15960 2184 15941 2202 15928

      2224 15928 2223 15961 2215 15978



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