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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

315 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  KAUAI



* UNTIL 615 AM HST



* AT 310 AM HST...AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES SHOWED THAT RAIN HAS 

  TEMPORARILY LET UP OVER KAUAI BUT RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED THAT 

  MORE HEAVY SHOWERS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE ISLAND FROM THE 

  SOUTHWEST. THE THREAT OF FLOODING REMAINS IMMINENT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST 

FLOWING OR RISING WATER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2201 15988 2180 15945 2216 15917 2233 15955

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