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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

900 PM HST SAT OCT 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM HST FOR SOUTHEASTERN

HONOLULU COUNTY...



AT 845 PM HST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN MANOA VALLEY WAS 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE. THE RAIN GAGE AT MANOA-LYON ARBORETUM HAS 

RECORDED 8.36 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 6 HOURS...NEARLY ALL OF 

THAT IN THE THREE HOURS ENDED AT 800 PM HST. MANOA STREAM IS STILL 

OUT OF ITS BANKS...WITH FLOODING REPORTED IN UPPER MANOA 

VALLEY...NEAR THE MANOA MARKET PLACE...AND ON THE UNIVERSITY OF 

HAWAII MANOA CAMPUS...WHERE WATER WAS OBSERVED AT LEAST TWO FEET 

DEEP ALONG CORREA ROAD OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FORT SHAFTER...HONOLULU...

WAIKIKI...ALIAMANU...KANEOHE...MAUNAWILI...HALAWA AND AIEA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

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



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 2123 15777 2139 15768 2150 15787 2134 15802



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