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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

655 AM HST TUE OCT 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANAI

  

* UNTIL 955 AM HST



* AT 652 AM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 53 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF MAUNALOA...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF HONOLULU...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LANAI CITY...MANELE BAY



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE

POLICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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