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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

420 AM HST FRI OCT 20 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 410 AM HST...WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWED HEAVY RAIN AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH 

  HILO...PUNA...AND KAU DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND. HE HAWAII BELT 

  HIGHWAY REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN PUNALUU ROAD AND THE KAU POLICE 

  STATION DUE TO FLOODING AT KAWA FLATS. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN 

  REPORTED IN WOOD VALLEY AT THE 4 MILE MARKER AND A LANDSLIDE HAS 

  CLOSED ONE LANE OF THE HAWAII BELT ROAD NEAR HONOMU.



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

  PEPEEKEO...PAPAIKOU...PAHOA...KURTISTOWN...KEAAU...KAPOHO...

  HONOMU...HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK...HAWAIIAN BEACHES...HAKALAU...

  GLENWOOD...MOUNTAIN VIEW AND AKAKA FALLS STATE PARK.



WHILE THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY BETWEEN HILO AND SOUTH 

POINT...SCATTERED AND LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

THE REMAINING AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND OVERNIGHT.



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.



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 715 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 1886 15566 1914 15540 1929 15500 1950 15477

      2000 15511 1992 15528 1970 15532 1951 15525

      1917 15569 1908 15596



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