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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

250 PM HST SUN MAR 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NORTH KOHALA...SOUTH KOHALA...HAMAKUA...

  HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND



* UNTIL 600 PM HST



* AT 245 PM HST...RADAR AND RAIN GAGES INDICATED HEAVY RAINS OVER 

  THE HILO AND HAMAKUA DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND.  RAIN HAS 

  DIMINISHED OVER THE KOHALA AREA BUT RUNOFF AND STREAM LEVELS 

  REMAIN HIGH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  HAWI...KAMUELA...HONOKAA...HONOMU AND HILO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE 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. TURN AROUND...DO NOT

DROWN



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 FLOODING TO THE POLICE FOR

IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2030 15587 2012 15595 1933 15503 1950 15480

          1994 15509

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