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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

839 PM HST MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM HST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL HAWAII COUNTY...



AT 830 PM HST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER 

SOUTH CENTRAL HAWAII COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN SPREADING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE 

PAST HOUR.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAIN GAGES INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

1.69 INCHES AT KAPAPALA RANCH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE 

TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



MOTORISTS SHUOLD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T

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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF HAWAII 

UNTIL 400 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON.



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 1928 15554 1911 15548 1923 15530 1934 15545



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