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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

954 PM HST TUE NOV 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH HAWAII INCLUDING KAU



* UNTIL 100 AM HST



* AT 954 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES EAST OF

  PAHALA...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT

  5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NAALEHU...PAHALA...AND HAWAII 

  VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.

  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS.



ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY

TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP

NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



R BALLARD

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