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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

140 PM HST TUE MAR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  WINDWARD KOHALA AND HAMAKUA DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND



* UNTIL 440 PM HST



* AT 130 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN FROM HONOKAA 

  TO WAIPIO VALLEY. CIVIL DEFENSE HAS ALSO REPORTED FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  WAIPIO VALLEY...HONOKAA...OOKALA AND KAMUELA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF 

STREAMS AND ROADS 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.



LAT...LON 2028 15581 2023 15589 1985 15553 2002 15526

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