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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

232 PM HST THU NOV 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI IN MAUI COUNTY



* UNTIL 530 PM HST



* AT 229 PM HST...MAUI CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED FLOODING FROM HEAVY 

  RAINS OVER CENTRAL MOLOKAI.  HIGHWAY 450 HAS BEEN CLOSED BETWEEN 

  MILE MARKERS 4 AND 13.  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLOWLY 

  BUT HEAVY RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

  HOURS.



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

  KAUNAKAKAI...KUALAPUU...KAMALO...HALAWA VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 450.  



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN

EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI IN MAUI COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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

ON FOOT. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 530 PM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2104 15714 2102 15688 2104 15672 2119 15670

      2126 15713



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