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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

550 AM HST SUN NOV 4 2007



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OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY-

550 AM HST SUN NOV 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WINDWARD 

OAHU UNTIL 700 AM HST...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE WINDWARD SIDE FROM LAIE TO 

WAIMANALO...AND CENTRAL OAHU FROM WAHIAWA TO AIEA.



AT 549 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR....FALLING OVER MUCH OF WINDWARD AND CENTRAL OAHU.



THESE RAINS ARE FALLING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE COMMON. THE HAKIPUU 

MAUKA GAUGE HAS RECIEVED 4 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 

HOURS...AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 6 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 5 AM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING

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

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

INCHES OF FLOWING WATER CAN MOVE MOST VEHICLES.



THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 700 AM HST IF FLASH

FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 2139 15801 2158 15813 2169 15792 2146 15772

      2129 15766



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R BALLARD

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