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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1115 AM HST SAT JAN 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI



* UNTIL 215 PM HST



* AT 1115 AM HST...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS 

  CONTINUED TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES...

  AS WELL AS ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. ALTHOUGH 

  THE RAINS WERE DIMINISHING ON KAUAI...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FOR AWHILE LONGER.



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

  WAIMEA...WAILUA...LIHUE...KOLOA...KAPAA...KILAUEA... 

  KALAHEO...HANAPEPE...HANALEI...AND ANAHOLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

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



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.



LAT...LON 2182 15983 2182 15925 2235 15931 2225 15977



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R BALLARD

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