AN ACR MLG FLC EXPERIENCES SEVERE TURB AND QUESTIONS WHY TURB PREDICTABILITY AND INTENSITY RPTS ARE NOT MORE ACCURATE.

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EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURB DURING DSCNT AT ABOUT FL195. AFTER THE OCCURRENCE I WAS ADVISED THAT A FLT ATTENDANT HAD BEEN KNOCKED DOWN IN THE AISLEWAY AND MAY BE INJURED. SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SENT TO A DOCTOR AND FOUND TO BE UNINJURED. MY AFTER THOUGHTS OF THE INCIDENT BROUGHT ME TO MAKING THIS RPT. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: WHILE PREPARING FOR OUR FLT (KAHULUI; MAUI TO LIHUE; KAUAI) WE RECEIVED A WX RPT WITH A SEVERE TURB RPT BY A DC9 NEAR KAUAI -- IT WAS AN HR OLD. I BRIEFED THE CABIN CREW AS A PRECAUTION AND GAVE THE NORMAL TURB WARNING PRIOR TO ENTERING ONCOMING WX. WE WERE ON A 270 DEG HDG ASSIGNED BY ATC; AND DSNDING FROM FL260 EXPECTING LIGHT TO MODERATE TURB FROM WHAT WE WERE SEEING ON OUR RADAR; AS WELL AS RPTED. WE EXPERIENCED MUCH MORE. MY THOUGHTS ARE; WHY WERE WE NOT GIVEN AN UPDATE OF THE PREVIOUS RPT AS TO ITS RELEVANCY TO OUR POS AND OFFERED ALTERNATIVE ROUTING? WAS IT BECAUSE ONLY 1 ACFT MADE A TURB RPT? WAS IT BECAUSE THE RPT WAS OLD? FOR WHATEVER REASON IT MAY BE; WHY CAN'T ATC KEEP THESE RPTED SEVERE LOCATIONS IN MIND WHEN VECTORING ACFT -- EVEN IF IT MAY NOT SEEM SIGNIFICANT TO THEM?