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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1241 PM HST FRI MAR 31 2006



HIC003-010045-

ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

1241 PM HST FRI MAR 31 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM HST...



AT 1230 PM HST...OAHU CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED MOANALUA STREAM NEARLY 

FULL AT MOANALUA GARDENS.  MAKIKI STREAM HAS ALSO OVERFLOWED 

NEAR FERN STREET WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER NEAR MOKU PLACE.  MANOA 

STREAM WAS ALSO VERY FULL AT THE WOODLAWN STREET BRIDGE.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING COVERS THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF OAHU.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 245 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2124 15814 2123 15763 2141 15763 2175 15800

      2158 15829



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