Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Honolulu, HI

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WGHW70 PHFO 180008
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
205 PM HST FRI MAR 17 2006

HIC007-180015-
ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY-
205 PM HST FRI MAR 17 2006

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR KAUAI COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED 
EAST OF KAUAI.  STREAM LEVELS REMAIN HIGH AND KAUAI CIVIL DEFENSE 
REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED.

THE GROUND IS ALSO VERY SATURATED AND ANY NEW HEAVY SHOWERS WILL 
QUICKLY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.

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 2193 15983 2184 15932 2227 15928 2222 15981

$$

KODAMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
900 AM HST FRI MAR 17 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SHOWERS CAN
BE EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THIS MORNING THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE
WESTERN ISLANDS OF NIIHAU AND SOON TO BE KAUAI. THE GOOD NEWS IS
THAT THE LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS IS MOVING ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE OR
FRONT. THIS LINE OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WAS WELL DISPLAYED WITH
THE 16Z SCATTEROMETER PASS THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY
MOVING OVER NIIHAU AND WESTERN KAUAI AND THE WHOLE COMPLEX IS SLOWLY
MOVING EASTWARD. DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS OF KAUAI AND
NIIHAU...EXPECT MORE FLOODING AGAIN TODAY.

UPDATES THIS MORNING TO MOST REGIONS INCREASING POPS AND ADDING A
CHANCE OF THUNDER...PUBLIC REPORTS FROM NIIHAU CONFIRM THUNDER IN
THE REGION. FOR THIS AFTERNOON BEST THUNDER CHANCES LIE RIGHT ALONG
THE BOUNDARY AND CORRESPONDS WITH A PASSING RIDGE OF THETA-E.
THEREFORE NIIHAU AND KAUAI ARE UNDER THE GUN THIS MORNING THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY. THE QUESTION WOULD BE HOW FAR THE CONVECTION
MAKES TO THE EAST.

GFS DOES SHOW A BIT OF BREAK FOR THE WESTERN ISLANDS BRIEFLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SHOWERS
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE GFS SPINS UP A SURFACE LOW ALONG THE
BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION. FOR NOW JUST GOING TO KEEP THE FORECAST
WET ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT/S GOING
TO HAPPEN TO THE BOUNDARY WHICH IS FIRING OFF THE CONVECTION THIS
MORNING. WILL KEEP THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE STATE GOING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WILL LOOK INTO A REVISION FOR THE EVENING
FORECAST UPDATE.

FYI...GOING TO HAVE PHLI AND PHTO LAUNCH LATE 18Z SOUNDINGS THIS
MORNING TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE IMMEDIATE WEATHER SITUATION.

LEFT THE LATER FORECAST RIDE WITH AN OVERALL WET SOLUTION FOR NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH...ALL ISLANDS THRU SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

PROTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
836 AM HST FRI MAR 17 2006

HIZ001>004-172045-
NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIHUE...PRINCEVILLE...POIPU...WAIMEA...
HANAPEPE...KOKEE STATE PARK
836 AM HST FRI MAR 17 2006

THE LEADING EDGE OF A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MANA ON KAUAI TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF NIIHAU WILL
MOVE EASTWARD AT 10 MPH...REACHING THE WEST SHORE OF KAUAI BY
AROUND 900 AM. EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 WITH THIS BAND. THE BAND WILL
CONTINUE EASTWARD...REACHING A NA PALI STATE PARK TO KEKAHA LINE
BY AROUND 1030 AM.

BROWNING