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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

743 AM HST FRI DEC 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY



* UNTIL 1045 AM HST



* AT 730 AM HST...RAIN GAGES REPORTED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 

  INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. A ROAD SLIDE HAS ALSO BEEN 

  REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 19 NEAR LAUPAHOEHOE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  PEPEEKEO...PAPAIKOU...PAAUILO...OOKALA...LAUPAHOEHOE...KEAAU...

  HONOMU...HONOKAA...HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK...HAWAIIAN BEACHES AND

  HAKALAU.



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 1045 AM HST IF FLASH

FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 1952 15537 1983 15532 2003 15558 2015 15543

      1974 15492 1947 15477 1888 15565 1905 15567



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