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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

635 PM HST THU OCT 17 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL MAIN HAWAIIAN 

ISLANDS...



AT 630 PM...DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED WET CONDITIONS CONTINUING AROUND 

THE STATE.  A FEW LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

OBSERVED ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND IN THE KONA AND 

SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS.  AND A LARGE CLUSTER OF HEAVY SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS 50 MILES SOUTH OF KAUAI. 

THIS CLUSTER WAS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR.  ELSEWHERE 

AROUND THE STATE MAINLY WIDELY SCATTERED...MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE 

COMMON.



THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL UNSTABLE ACROSS THE STATE AND THE POTENTIAL 

FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS PERSISTS.  WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED 

IN MOST AREAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND RUNOFFS WILL LIKELY 

PRODUCE FLOODING AND OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS MUDSLIDES. RESIDENTS AND 

TOURISTS ALIKE SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS 

IMPROVE. 



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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.

 

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