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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

655 AM HST TUE NOV 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI IN MAUI COUNTY



* UNTIL 945 AM HST



* AT 648 AM HST...A GAGE ON HALAWA STREAM IN HALAWA VALLEY SHOWED A 

  RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVEL FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST MOLOKAI...OR 

  ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAHULUI. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 

  MOLOKAI.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING

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



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM ALSO MAY CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP

TERRAIN.



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

TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



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

FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 2118 15686 2118 15674 2116 15669 2108 15677

      2105 15687



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