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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

301 AM HST FRI FEB 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 600 AM HST



* AT 250 AM HST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT PERSISTENT HEAVY 

  RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND. 

  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO 

  FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA.



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

  PAHALA...NAALEHU WOOD VALLEY...AND VOLCANO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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. WOOD VALLEY ROAD AND THE HAWAII BELT HIGHWAY BETWEEN PAHALA 

AND NAALEHU HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE FOR

IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 1891 15567 1938 15492 1956 15515 1948 15537

      1931 15555 1915 15570



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