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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1045 AM HST THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 145 PM HST



* AT 1015 AM THE RAIN GAGE AT WAIAKEA UKA NEAR HILO REPORTED 

  RAINFALL OF 0.30 INCH IN 15 MINUTES...2.28 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 

  HOURS. STREAMS MAY RISE RAPIDLY ABOVE FLASH FLOOD THRESHOLD FROM 

  STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HILO... 

  PEPEEKEO...LAUPAHOEHOE...KEAAU...PAHOA...KAPOHO... HONOMU... 

  HAKALAU AND AKAKA FALLS STATE PARK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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 145 PM HST 

IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



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 2008 15574 1918 15522 1948 15464 2036 15549



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