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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

425 PM HST SUN JAN 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOLOKAI



* UNTIL 730 PM HST



* AT 418 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF PAPALAUA VALLEY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF KAUNAKAKAI...MOVING

  WEST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOOLEHUA...LEINAOPAPIO POINT...

  HUELO ISLAND...PALAAU STATE PARK...KALAUPAPA...KALAUPAPA AIRPORT...

  KAUNAKAKAI...KAMILOLOA...KAWELA AND KUALAPUU



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.



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.



LAT...LON 2127 15722 2096 15725 2100 15673 2130 15660

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