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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

104 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



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ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

104 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM HST...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL ISLANDS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY 

NIGHT...



AT 1259 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE 

WINDWARD COAST AND KOOLAU MOUNTAINS  FROM KAHUKU TO KANEOHE. THE 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS ARE 

MOVING NORTHWEST.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KAHUKU...LAIE...PUNALUU...HAUULA...KAAAWA...WAIKANE...KAHALUU...

KANEOHE AND KAILUA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY COME DOWN THE 

WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN 

STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND DO 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 145 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2165 15808 2131 15784 2132 15771 2174 15798



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