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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

355 AM HST WED NOV 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI IN MAUI COUNTY



* UNTIL 700 AM HST



* AT 355 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER 

  THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF MOLOKAI...NEAR HALAWA VALLEY. THESE 

  DOWNPOURS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  VALLEY AND CAPE HALAWA.



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 WILL BE EXTENDED BEYOND 700 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 2103 15689 2103 15669 2121 15669 2121 15689



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R BALLARD

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