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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

525 PM HST TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 830 PM HST



* AT 525 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR WAIAHA STREAM AND KEALAKEKUA. AUTOMATED 

  RAIN GAUGES WERE RECORDING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES 

  PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  KAILUA-KONA...KEALAKEKUA...AND WAIAHA STREAM.



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.



LAT...LON 1938 15598 1946 15580 1973 15591 1967 15608



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