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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1215 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  KAUAI



* UNTIL 315 AM HST



* AT 1152 PM HST...THE HANALEI RIVER GAGE INDICATED THE WATER LEVEL 

  WAS RISING HIGH ENOUGH TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE AT HANALEI. HEAVY 

  RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF FLOODING ANYWHERE ON KAUAI.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR 

RISING WATER. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY 

CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY

TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP

NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR 

KAUAI.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE FOR

IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2236 15956 2203 15990 2178 15943 2213 15915

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