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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

230 AM HST THU FEB  8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 600 AM HST FOR THE PUNA SECTION OF EAST 

  HAWAII ESPECIALLY THE AREA BETWEEN PAHOA...GLENWOOD... VOLCANO AND 

  SOUTH TO THE COAST.

	

* AT 230 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE PUNA SECTION OF EAST HAWAII.

  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS LOCATED IN AN AREA BETWEEN THE 

  COMMUNITIES OF PAHOA...GLENWOOD... VOLCANO AND SOUTH TO THE COAST.

  RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF MORE THAN TWO INCHES IN MANY 

  AREAS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

ALREADY OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY AND CONTINUE PRECAUTIONS UNTIL THE THREAT AND THE WARNING

ARE OVER. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER...MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

WHEN MOTORISTS TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. ESCAPE RISING WATER

BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A

FLOOD EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP NEAR STREAMS

OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS.

 

OLSON     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

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