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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

705 PM HST MON NOV 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KAUAI

  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KOKEE...KEKAHA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN 

  PORTION OF KAUAI

	 

* UNTIL 1005 PM HST

	

* AT 705 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST OFFSHORE KEKAHA ON 

  KAUAI AND MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN KAUAI



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR KEKAHA AND 

  KOKEE AND WAIMEA CANYON ON KAUAI FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS DURING THE 

NEXT THREE HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

PERSON ON KAUAI SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND OR REMAIN INDOORS.



A RAIN GAGE AT KOKEE IN KOKEE STATE PARK REPORTED RAINFALL IN EXCESS 

OF .50 PER HOUR IN THE 15 MINUTES ENDING AT 7 PM. RAINFALL FOR THE 

PAST HOUR AT THIS GAGE WAS 1.42 INCHES. ADDITIONAL STORMS APPEAR TO 

BE FORMING SOUTH OF KEKAHA ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF KAUAI AND 

MOVING NORTHWARD OVER THE SAME AREA. TRAINING OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...AND SO FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED IN THIS PART OF KAUAI.



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 TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. ESCAPE RISING WATER BY 

CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A FLOOD 

EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER 

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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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