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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

415 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 715 AM HST



* AT 415 AM HST...RAIN GAGES AND RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD HEAVY 

  RAINFALL IS STARTING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE KAU...PUNA...AND 

  SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO 

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM THEN BEGIN TO 

  TAPER OFF. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WEST HAWAII 

  AND THE AFOREMENTIONED DISTRICTS THROUGH 7 AM. BIG ISLAND CIVIL 

  DEFENSE REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 11 REMAINS CLOSED AT THE NAALEHU 

  POLICE STATION AND HIGHWAY 180 IS CLOSED AT KAMALANI STREET IN 

  HOLUALOA...BUT HIGHWAY 130 THROUGH PUNA HAS REOPENED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE THE NORTH KONA...SOUTH 

  KONA...KAU...PUNA...AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS.



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 AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE 

LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING ROAD CLOSURES.



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 700 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



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

      1972 15615



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