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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1230 PM HST THU OCT 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI

  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF LIHUE...WAILUA...ANAHOLA...KILAUEA 

  AND KOLOA

	 

* UNTIL 330 PM HST

	

* AT 1215 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING OVER MANY AREAS OF THE 

  EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE 

  NEAR...LIHUE...WAILUA...ANAHOLA...KILAUEA AND KOLOA.



RADAR DATA SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH INITIALLY AFFECTED ONLY THE 

NORTHEAST PORTION OF KAUAI HAS SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF 

OF THAT ISLAND...PROMPTING AN EXPANSION OF THE WARNING AREA. 

RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES PER HOUR WERE SEEN OVER EAST 

KAUAI WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. 



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.



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.



THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS A LEADING 

KILLER AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY 

LIGHTNING. STAY OUT FROM UNDER TALL TREES AND AWAY FROM THE OCEAN 

AND BEACHES IF LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. DO NOT TOUCH OR REMAIN CLOSE 

TO METAL POLES OR FENCES.



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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.

 

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POWELL

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