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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

250 PM HST TUE JUN  5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...OAHU

  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...HONOLULU

	 

* UNTIL 550 PM HST

	

* AT 245 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DIRECTLY OVER HONOLULU 

  AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY.



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



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 IN SOUTHEAST OAHU 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.



THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS A LEADING

KILLER AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY

LIGHTNING. STAY OUT FROM UNDER TALL TREES AND AWAY FROM THE OCEAN

AND BEACHES IF LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. DO NOT TOUCH OR REMAIN

CLOSE TO METAL POLES OR FENCES.



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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