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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1235 AM HST FRI FEB 09 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WINDWARD...CENTRAL AND NORTH SHORE OF OAHU.

  	 

* UNTIL 330 AM HST

	

* AT 1235 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DIRECTLY OVER 

  NORTHEAST OAHU..SPILLING WESTWARD OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...KAAAWA...

  MILILANI...WAIALUA...PUPUKEA...KAHUKU...LAIE.



THIS WARNING SUPERCEDES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR WINDWARD OAHU.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS DURING THE

NEXT TWO HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR

IMMINENT. PERSON WITHIN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND OR REMAIN 

INDOORS.



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 INFORMATION.

 

POWELL     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

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