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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1020 PM HST MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 115 AM HST



* AT 1012 PM HST...RAIN GAGES AND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY

  RAIN FALLING AT A RATE UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS 

  OF THE BIG ISLAND. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURING OVER 

  THE SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICT...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS IS 

  MOVING ONSHORE OF THE KONA COAST.

 

* THIS WARNING COVERS THE ENTIRE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII.



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...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE ROCKS ARE ALREADY LOOSE FROM 

YESTERDAY/S EARTHQUAKE.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH FLOODING IN

THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL.



DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR

ON FOOT. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...

DON/T DROWN.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 115 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2033 15594 1973 15609 1903 15597 1887 15566

      1948 15475 1995 15505



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