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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

945 PM HST TUE OCT 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM HST FOR NORTH 

CENTRAL HONOLULU COUNTY...



AT 930 PM HST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED KAMEHAMEHA 

HIGHWAY CLOSINGS IN WAIKANE DUE TO CONTINUED FLOODING.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

KAAAWA...PUNALUU...HAUULA...LAIE AND KAHUKU.



RADAR SHOWS THAT RAINFALL HAS DECREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST 

HOUR...BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO 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 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



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 ALL HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 

UNTIL 4 AM HST WEDNESDAY.



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 2148 15789 2152 15779 2180 15795 2172 15806



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