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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

810 PM HST SAT NOV 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OAHU



* UNTIL 1100 PM HST



* AT 805 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER KAHALUU...OR

  ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANEOHE.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AHUIMANU...HAUULA...KAAAWA... 

  KAHALUU AND PUNALUU



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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.



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 2157 15799 2139 15784 2144 15776 2163 15789



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