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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

711 PM HST MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY



* UNTIL 1015 PM HST



* AT 706 PM HST...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS EASED OVER MOST OF 

  MAUI...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE WEST SIDE OF THE 

  ISLAND FROM MAKENA TO OLOWALU...WHERE SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM 

  EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. THESE HEAVY SHOWERS WILL ALSO SPREAD TO THE 

  WINDWARD SIDE OF THE ISLAND THIS EVENING. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WAIKAPU...WAIEHU... PUKALANI...PAIA...NAHIKU... MAALAEA...KANAHA 

  BEACH PARK...LOWER PAIA...WAILUKU...HALIIMAILE...MAKAWAO...AND 

  HAIKU.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS

PRONE TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN 

STEEP TERRAIN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1015 PM HST

IF FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2070 15672 2047 15612 2092 15579 2105 15652



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