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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

603 AM HST FRI OCT 20 2006



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HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY-

603 AM HST FRI OCT 20 2006



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

IN HAWAII COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM HST...



AT 600 AM HST...RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOW THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE OF THE PUNA AND KAU 

DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND. ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ARE STILL NOTED 

ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN APUA POINT AND SOUTH POINT...BUT THE 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS THAT IMPACTED THIS AREA OVERNIGHT HAVE 

ENDED. RUNOFF FROM THESE EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 715 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 1886 15566 1914 15540 1929 15500 1950 15477

      2000 15511 1992 15528 1970 15532 1951 15525

      1917 15569 1908 15596



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