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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

631 AM HST SAT JAN 1 2005



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KAUAI-

631 AM HST SAT JAN 1 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM FOR KAUAI...



AT 631 AM...RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT 

WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ISLAND OF KAUAI EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS 

RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WHICH WILL LEAD 

TO FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS. 



AT 615 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CLOSING THE HANALEI RIVER 

BRIDGE.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES A 

FEW INCHES OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST VEHICLES. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 

OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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.



LAT...LON 2193 15982 2182 15954 2189 15923 2230 15930

      2224 15978



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R BALLARD

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