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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

540 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 845 AM HST



* AT 531 AM HST...HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE KAU AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  PAHALA...WOOD VALLEY...NAALEHU...KAPAPALA AND HAWAII VOLCANOES 

  NATIONAL PARK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 845 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 1890 15568 1938 15494 1956 15515 1950 15537

      1917 15569



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