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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

514 PM HST FRI OCT 20 2006



HIC009-210445-

MOLOKAI IN MAUI COUNTY-

514 PM HST FRI OCT 20 2006



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

IN MAUI COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM HST...



A USGS STREAM GAGE IN HALAWA VALLEY RECORDED A RISE OF OVER 5 FEET 

IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD SHORTLY AFTER 200 PM HST.  RAINFALL HAS 

DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR BUT STREAM LEVELS REMAIN 

HIGH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR 

MAUI COUNTY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 645 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2104 15695 2104 15668 2122 15668 2121 15696



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