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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

257 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



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ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

257 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



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

HONOLULU COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM HST...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL ISLANDS THROUGH 

LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...



AT 251 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED RELENTLESS HEAVY RAIN OVER THE KOOLAU 

MOUNTAINS AND WINDWARD COAST FROM KAHUKU TO KANEOHE. THE AREA OF 

HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME RAIN WAS SPILLING OVER THE 

LEEWARD SIDE OF THE KOOLAUS FROM SUNSET BEACH TO HALAWA. THERE HAVE 

BEEN ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ELSEWHERE ON OAHU. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 

DANGEROUS SITUATION.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAIE...

HAUULA...KAAAWA...WAIKANE...KANEOHE AND KAILUA.



WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND 

SPOTTERS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. THERE HAS BEEN A MUDSLIDE ON THE PALI 

HIGHWAY NEAR THE TUNNEL AND WAIKANE STREAM IS RUNNING VERY HIGH.



AVOID TRAVEL. 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.



IF YOU LIVE IN A SAFE LOCATION...STAY HOME. IF YOU OBSERVE 

FLOODING...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER 

GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR 

VEHICLE.



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 445 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2169 15813 2068 15747 2078 15731 2179 15797



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DONALDSON

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