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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

145 PM HST MON APR 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH AND EAST HAWAII INCLUDING WINDWARD KOHALA HAMAKUA HILO AND

  PUNA



* WILL LAST UNTIL 445 PM HST BUT MAY BE RENEWED THEN. 



* THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE WINDWARD

  SECTION OF THE BIG ISLAND. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT SHOULD EASE BY LATE TONIGHT.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT

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 1982 15555 1926 15506 1960 15467 2025 15568



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