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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

145 PM HST THU JAN 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANAI

  WEST MAUI

  MOLOKAI



* UNTIL 445 PM HST



* AT 145 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING 

  AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN BE SEEN SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA 

  AND MOVING NORTH. IT IS THIS SECOND AREA THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING.



* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 

  ISSUED AT 1220 PM HST



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND COULD ALSO 

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL ALSO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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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