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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

300 AM HST SUN NOV 4 2007



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OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

300 AM HST SUN NOV 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OAHU UNTIL 

345 AM HST...



AT 300 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING OVER 

MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OAHU. A RAIN GAUGE AT AHUIMANU RECORDED WELL OVER 

4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO 

CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 

SITUATION. 



THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

STREAMS...ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. 

REMEMBER TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.



NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES A 

FEW INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO FLOAT MOST VEHICLES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER 

A FLOODED ROAD YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND AND FIND A SAFER ROUTE.



THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 345 AM HST.



LAT...LON 2123 15766 2129 15778 2139 15783 2131 15791

      2133 15796 2152 15793 2146 15775 2135 15764



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