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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

850 PM HST WED OCT 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 950 PM HST FOR EAST 

MAUI...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 925 PM FOR NORTH 

AND EAST HAWAII...



RAINFALL HAS EASED OFF OVER NORTH AND EAST HAWAII...BUT MANY ROADS 

ARE REPORTED CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE IN THE HILO AREA. EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL ON THE BIG ISLAND IS NOW CENTERED AROUND THE PAHALA AREA... 

ALONG THE COAST AND OFFSHORE.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS STILL BEING SHOWN BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER PARTS 

OF EAST MAUI...UPSLOPE OF HANA AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR KAILUA. NO 

GAGES ARE REPORTING IN THESE AREAS.



DOPPLER RADAR STILL INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER 

EAST MOLOKAI...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED WEST OF THE 

HALAWA AREA AND IS NOW BETWEEN HAKAAANO AND PUAHAUNI. NO RAIN GAGES 

ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA EITHER...BUT RADAR IS SHOWING RATES OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.



THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RUNOFF IN THIS AREA.



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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.

 

FARRELL 

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