Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Honolulu, HI

000
WGHW70 PHFO 211942
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
935 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006

HIC007-212145-
ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY -
935 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM HST...

AT 931 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR MOLOAA 
AND ANAHOLA.  ANAHOLA AND PAPAA STREAMS WILL HAVE VERY HIGH WATER 
LEVELS.  KUHIO HIGHWAY FROM ANAHOLA TO KILAUEA WILL ALSO BE UNDER 
VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO VERY POOR VISIBILITY AND 
HEAVY RUNOFF.  

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KILAUEA...HANALEI...PRINCEVILLE...WAILUA...KAPAA AND MOLOAA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS
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.

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1145 AM HST IF
FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.

LAT...LON 2204 15954 2196 15934 2211 15928 2223 15929
      2223 15955

$$

KODAMA

000
WGHW70 PHFO 212136
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1132 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006

HIC007-212142-
ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY -
1132 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING HAVE SUBSIDED...BUT RUNOFF IS STILL
OCCURRING AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  THE 
HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE ALSO REMAINS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.  

DON/T TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR FAST FLOWING STREAMS IN YOUR
VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. IT MAY BE TOO DANGEROUS. TURN AROUND...DON/T
DROWN.

LAT...LON 2204 15954 2196 15934 2211 15928 2223 15929
      2223 15955

$$

KODAMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 AM HST TUE FEB 21 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE WESTERN ISLANDS THIS
MORNING AS TRADE WINDS RETURN...TEMPORARILY...AND THE ATMOSPHERE
BEGINS TO STABILIZE. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDWEEK AS TROUGHS
DEVELOP TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE MAIN ISLAND CHAIN. THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST FOR THE WESTERN ISLANDS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ISLANDS SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST PHILOSOPHY HAS CHANGED FROM LAST EVENING...MAINLY
CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PAIR OF LOWS NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LOW LEVEL FLOW NEAR KAUAI AND OAHU
HAS VEERED OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS IN RESPONSE TO A TROUGH DEVELOPING
WEST OF KAUAI. GFS75 SHOWS A CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPING 400 MILES WEST OF
KAUAI BY THIS AFTERNOON...A FEATURE EXPECTED TO REINTRODUCE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND FLOODING TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS
INTO WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR
KAUAI...OAHU AND MOLOKAI HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

THE FORECAST NOW CALLS FOR AN ALMOST COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF TRADE FLOW
THROUGH THE WEEK AS A SECOND LOW FORMS...THIS ONE 500 MILES EAST OF
THE ISLANDS...BY THURSDAY EVENING. THIS LOW WILL STAY EAST OF THE
STATE...BRINGING WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW TO THE EASTERN ISLANDS. THE
LOW WEST OF THE ISLANDS WILL HAVE FILLED IN BY THEN...RESULTING IN
MUCH DRIER WEATHER THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL
ASSUME ANTICYCLONIC CURVATURE LATE NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING
OCCURS. THIS WILL HELP STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MAIN ISLANDS SUNDAY
AND STALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL ISLANDS MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL BRING
YET ANOTHER BOUT OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH BRISK NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS.
THE FORECAST PERIOD ENDS WITH THESE POSTFRONTAL WINDS VEERING TO
BRISK EASTERLY TRADES LATE NEXT MONDAY INTO NEXT TUESDAY.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY FOR KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI.
&&

POWELL