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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1017 PM HST MON SEP 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY
* UNTIL 130 AM HST.
* AT 1017 PM HST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER KAUAI. RAIN
RATES HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN
LIFTS NORTH OF THE ISLAND. RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE
EITHER CEASED OR CONSIDERABLY SLOWED. FLASH FLOODING LIKELY
CONTINUES IN SOME AREAS, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WAINIHA RIVER AND
SOUTH FORK WAILUA RIVER. IN ADDITION, THE HANALEI RIVER BRIDGE ON
KUHIO HIGHWAY REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. RAINFALL INTENSITY IS
EXPECTED TO STEADILY DECREASE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 2207 15981 2217 15974 2225 15958 2224 15953
2226 15950 2225 15945 2226 15942 2226 15940
2222 15932 2217 15930 2215 15927 2204 15932
2195 15931 2188 15938 2184 15945 2187 15961
2193 15967 2196 15977 2198 15979 2206 15981
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
JVC
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