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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

310 PM HST MON APR  2 2001



THE LATEST RAINFALL REPORTS SHOW...

        3.23 INCHES AT KOKEE

        3.54 INCHES AT WAINIHA

        1.68 INCHES AT HANAPEPE

        1.13 INCHES AT KALAHEO



RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN 

OCCURRING OVER THE WAIMEA CANYON AND THE WESTERN HALF OF KAUAI. 



THESE STORMS ARE NOW MOVING OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI. 

RAINFALL REMAINS HEAVY BUT IS NOW MAINLY OFFSHORE AND TO THE 

SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI FROM POIPU TO BARKING SANDS. THE MAIN ROAD IS 

CLOSED AT THE WAINIHA BRIDGE AND ALSO KUHIO HIGHWAY AT HAENA BEACH 

PARK. THE KAHUALIKE HIGHWAY IS ALSO CLOSED EAST OF WAIMEA DUE TO 

RUNOFF FROM THE MOUNTAINS.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

AND THIS COULD INCREASE RUNOFF IN THIS AREA. FLOODING IS STILL 

POSSIBLE ALONG STREAMS EMINATING FROM THE HIGHLANDS OF KAUAI 

ALONG THE NORTH...WEST AND SOUTH COASTS OF THE ISLAND. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.

 

FARRELL    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

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