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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

834 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 1130 AM HST



* AT 824 AM HST...HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  CONTINUED RUNOFF AND FLOODING OVER THE KAU AREA AND LOCALIZED 

  FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF PUNA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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

  NATIONAL PARK...MOUNTAIN VIEW...PAHOA...HAWAIIAN PARADISE 

  PARK...HAWAIIAN BEACHES AND HILO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN 

STEEP TERRAIN.  



HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN PAHALA AND NAALEHU REMAINS CLOSED NEAR THE KAWA 

FLATS AREA.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1130 AM HST

IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 1890 15568 1950 15474 1983 15504 1950 15538

      1918 15569



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