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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

305 PM HST SAT FEB 2 2008



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HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY-

305 PM HST SAT FEB 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII

IN HAWAII COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM HST...



VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE 

BIG ISLAND FROM LAUPAHOEHOE TO HILO...VOLCANO...PAHALA AND SOUTH 

POINT. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND ROAD 

CLOSURES. LAND SLIDES ARE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG HONOLII GULCH WHERE A 

STREAM GAUGE INDICATES THE WATER LEVEL IS ABOVE THE FLOOD THRESHOLD. 



THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE 

AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VOLCANO...

PEPEEKEO...PAPAIKOU...PAHOA...LAUPAHOEHOE...KEAAU...KAPOHO...

HONOMU...HILO...HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK...HAWAIIAN BEACHES...

HAKALAU...GLENWOOD AND MOUNTAIN VIEW.



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 430 PM HST IF FLASH

FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 1897 15580 2006 15525 1948 15476 1924 15510

      1917 15540 1888 15568



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