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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

752 AM HST TUE OCT 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANAI

  MAUI



* UNTIL 1045 AM HST



* AT 748 AM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 29 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF LANAI CITY...OR ABOUT 42 MILES SOUTH OF KAUNAKAKAI...MOVING EAST

  AT 25 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LANAI CITY...OLOWALU...HAIKU... 

  KULA AND KIHEI



RAIN MAY BE VERY HEAVY IN THE WATCH AREA...THE RAINGAGE AT KULA 

INDICATED 1.29 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE 15 MINUTES ENDED AT 700 AM 

THIS MORNING.



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.



THIS WILL CONSOLIDATE AND REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CURRENTLY 

IN EFFECT FOR MAUI AND LANAI.



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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