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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

645 AM HST WED AUG 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY



* UNTIL 945 AM HST



* AT 640 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED  

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER OAHU.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS  

  ARE MOVING TOWARD OAHU FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  PUNALUU...WAIAHOLE...WAIKANE...KAILUA...KANEOHE...HAWAII KAI... 

  HONOLULU...PEARL CITY...AIEA...EWA...WAIANAE...MILILANI AND 

  WAHIAWA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



STREAMS AND ROADS ALONG WINDWARD OAHU FROM PUNALUU TO WAIMANALO ARE 

ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM 

OVERNIGHT RAINFALL.



AREAS NEAR STEEP TERRAIN WILL ALSO BE VULNERABLE TO ROCK AND MUD 

SLIDES.



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...DON/T

DROWN



LAT...LON 2127 15814 2126 15758 2175 15799 2157 15828



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