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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1121 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 230 PM HST



* AT 1115 AM HST...HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  THAT HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN PAHALA AND NAALEHU WAS STILL CLOSED NEAR 

  KAWA FLATS DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  PAHOA...KURTISTOWN...KEAAU...KAPOHO...HILO...HAWAIIAN PARADISE 

  PARK...HAWAIIAN BEACHES...GLENWOOD...PAHALA...NAALEHU...WOOD 

  VALLEY...KAPAPALA AND HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 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 230 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



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

      1918 15569



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