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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

134 PM HST SAT JAN 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY



* UNTIL 430 PM HST



* AT 124 PM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAIPIO...

  WAIPAHU...WAIMANALO...WAIANAE...PEARL CITY...NANAKULI...

  MAUNAWILI...MAKAKILO CITY...WAIKIKI...HONOLULU...HAWAII KAI... 

  FORT SHAFTER...EWA AND EWA BEACH...ALIAMANU...KULIOUOU...NIU   

  VALLEY...AIEA...HALAWA AND WAIMALU.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN

EFFECT.



RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING OVER THE SOUTH 

AND WEST SIDES OF OAHU. THE GROUND IS SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL MAKE CONDITIONS RIPE FOR FLASH FLOODING.



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...DON/T

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 2136 15763 2120 15760 2127 15815 2148 15824

      2142 15799 2136 15775



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