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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

800 PM HST FRI SEP 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY



* UNTIL 1100 PM HST



* AT 748 PM HST...CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING 

  HAD FORCED THE CLOSURE OF KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY BETWEEN WAIKANE AND 

  WAIAHOLE.



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

  LAIE...KAHUKU...KAAAWA AND HAUULA.



WHILE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND SATURATED SOIL 

FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO 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 TO CROSS 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 2169 15805 2134 15783 2132 15766 2146 15772

      2174 15797



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