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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

807 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



HIC007-030730-

ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-

807 PM HST SUN APR 2 2006



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

KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM HST...



AT 759 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER KAUAI BUT 

RUNOFF LEVELS REMAIN HIGH AND KAUAI WARNING POINT REPORTED THAT 

KUHIO HIGHWAY AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE WAS CLOSED AT 712 PM HST. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HAENA...WAINIHA...KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...

MOLOAA...ANAHOLA...KAPAA...WAILUA AND LIHUE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH

FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL.



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 930 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2208 15968 2199 15953 2195 15933 2216 15928

      2221 15936 2226 15963



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