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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

639 AM HST WED AUG 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM HST FOR HONOLULU

COUNTY...



AT 636 AM HST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINS OVER ALL OF 

OAHU.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED 

INCLUDE...PUNALUU...WAIAHOLE...WAIKANE...KAILUA...KANEOHE...HAWAII 

KAI...HONOLULU...PEARL CITY...AIEA...EWA...WAIANAE...MILILANI AND 

WAHIAWA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



STREAMS AND ROADS ALONG WINDWARD OAHU FROM PUNALUU TO WAIMANALO ARE 

ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM 

OVERNIGHT RAINFALL.



AREAS NEAR STEEP TERRAIN WILL ALSO BE VULNERABLE TO ROCK AND MUD 

SLIDES.



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 CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T

DROWN



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE 

600 PM HST.



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 2127 15814 2126 15758 2175 15799 2157 15828



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