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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

818 AM HST SAT JAN 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF KAUAI



* UNTIL 1115 AM HST



* AT 815 AM HST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING RECENT HEAVY RAINS IN LIHUE AND AT THE HANALEI BRIDGE. 

  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID-MORNING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  WAIMEA...WAILUA...LIHUE...KOLOA...KAPAA...KILAUEA... 

  KALAHEO...HANAPEPE...HANALEI...AND ANAHOLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS IS 

ALSO EXPECTED.



NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY FLASH FLOOD 

DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. FIND AN 

ALTERNATE ROUTE.



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 2182 15989 2188 15915 2231 15926 2226 15992



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