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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

933 PM 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 PM HST.



* AT 720 PM HST...A GAGE ON THE HONOLII STREAM SHOWED A RAPID RISE   

  IN WATER LEVEL FROM HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY   

  RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICT.



* OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO                     

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

  HONOMU...HONOKAA...KANA FLATS...HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK AND         

  HAKALAU.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT IN STREAMS...ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND NOW. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN MAY SUBSIDE FROM TIME TO TIME...STAY 

ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OR RUNOFF THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OR 

ROCK SLIDES.



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 PM HST IF THE 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS.



LAT...LON 1887 15569 1921 15530 1918 15520 1947 15475

      1994 15507 2006 15521 2034 15597 1959 15526

      1892 15570



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