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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

504 AM HST TUE OCT 17 2006



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HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY-

504 AM HST TUE OCT 17 2006



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

IN HAWAII COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM HST...



AT 5 AM...THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT IMPACTED 

THE BIG ISLAND OVENIGHT HAVE DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...STREAMS WILL 

REMAIN ELEVATED AND RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM HST. BIG 

ISLAND CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 11 REMAINS CLOSED AT THE 

NAALEHU POLICE STATION AND HIGHWAY 180 IS CLOSED AT KAMALANI STREET 

IN HOLUALOA...BUT HIGHWAY 130 THROUGH PUNA AND ALII DRIVE IN KAILUA 

KONA HAVE REOPENED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE THE SOUTH KONA...KAU... 

PUNA...AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS.



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 

SUNDAY/S EARTHQUAKE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH FLOODING IN

THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE 

LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING ROAD CLOSURES.



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.



LAT...LON 1873 15583 1946 15471 1999 15509 2034 15592

      1972 15615



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