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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

520 AM HST SAT JAN 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY



* UNTIL 815 AM HST



* AT 500 AM HST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER RISING TO THE RIM OF A 

  WASH AT THE WAILUA HOUSE LOT. RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF   

  THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI WILL AFFECT THE ISLAND IN 

  THE COMING HOUR...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAIMEA

  CANYON STATE PARK....NA PALI COAST STATE PARK....KOKEE STATE 

  PARK....POLIHALE STATE PARK...KAPAA...KILAUEA...KALALAU 

  LOOKOUT...HANALEI AND ANAHOLA.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM CONTINUOUS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

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

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN



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.



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 2193 15982 2182 15954 2189 15923 2230 15930

      2224 15978



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