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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

749 AM HST SAT FEB 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 945 AM HST



* AT 741 AM HST...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND  

  HILO AND NEAR SOUTH POINT. RADAR SHOWS HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUING 

  TO MOVE ONTO THE EAST AND SOUTH BIG ISLAND.



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

  PEPEEKEO...PAPAIKOU...HONOMU...LAUPAHOEHOE...HAKALAU AND KAWA 

  FLATS.



* THE AREA UNDER THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO 

  INCLUDE THE PUNA AREA WHICH IS ALSO EXPERIENCING HEAVY RAIN.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PRE-EXISTING WARNING THAT WAS

IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING

IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.



DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.

TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 945 AM HST IF FLASH

FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 1897 15580 1997 15517 1948 15476 1924 15510

      1917 15540 1888 15568



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