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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

230 AM HST TUE FEB 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH AND EAST HAWAII

  INCLUDING THE KOHALA HAMAKUA HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS

	 

* UNTIL 530 AM HST

	

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

  INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE EAST 

  SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND



* THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR THE SAME 

  AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

PERSON ON NORTH AND EAST HAWAII 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.

 

CRAIG     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

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