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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

115 AM HST TUE OCT 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 415 AM HST



* AT 100 AM HST...RAIN GAGES AND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY

  RAIN FALLING AT RATES UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS 

  OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE 

  KAU...PUNA...AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS. PORTIONS OF THE AKONI PULE 

  HIGHWAY NORTH OF KAWAIHAE...HIGHWAY 130 THROUGH PUNA...AND ALII 

  DRIVE THROUGH KAILUA-KONA REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



* 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 400 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 1873 15583 1946 15471 1999 15509 2034 15592

      1972 15615



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