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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1252 PM HST TUE OCT 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH AND EAST HAWAII INCLUDING WINDWARD KOHALA HAMAKUA 

  WEST HAWAII INCLUDING LEEWARD KOHALA AND KONA



* UNTIL 345 PM HST



* AT 1242 PM HST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF KEKAHA KAI S.P....OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF

  KAILUA-KONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NIULII...MAKAPALA...HALAULA...

  HAWI...KALAOA...KEKAHA KAI S.P. AND PUUANAHULU



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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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LAT...LON 1979 15626 1965 15619 1981 15565 2073 15558



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