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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

910 PM HST MON OCT 16 2006



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HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY-

910 PM HST MON OCT 16 2006



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

IN HAWAII COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM HST...



RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER PARTS OF THE BIG 

ISLAND...ESPECIALLY IN THE KAU...PUNA AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS. A 

RAIN GAGE IN PAHOA RECORDED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 5 PM AND 

8PM THIS EVENING...AND RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES PER HOUR. 



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS EASED OVER THE NORTH AND SOUTH KONA 

DISTRICTS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING OVER WATERS TO 

THE WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 

15 TO 20 MPH. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PAHOA... 

MOUNTAIN VIEW...VOLCANO...NAALEHU...KEAAU...HAWAIIAN PARADISE 

PARK...AND ON THE LEEWARD SIDE FROM KAILUA-KONA TO HAWI.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN... 

ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE ROCKS ARE ALREADY LOOSE FROM YESTERDAY/S 

EARTHQUAKE. 



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 1030 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 1888 15608 1894 15501 1971 15449 2036 15595

      1971 15617



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