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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

350 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



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ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

350 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...



AT 343 PM HST...FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE 

EVACUATING PEOPLE NEAR A RESERVOIR AT WAIKUPANAHA STREET IN 

WAIMANALO.



ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA...WAIKANE STREAM WAS REPORTED TO BE 

OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS NEAR KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS A 

MUDSLIDE ON KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY HALF A MILE NORTH OF CASTLE 

JUNCTION.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

KAHUKU...LAIE...HAUULA...WAIKANE...WAIAHOLE...KAHALUU...KANEOHE...

KAILUA...MAUNAWILI AND PUNALUU.



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 2165 15811 2127 15777 2128 15763 2146 15772

      2174 15799



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