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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
918 PM HST THU JAN 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY
* UNTIL 1230 AM HST.
* AT 918 PM HST, HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER MAUI WITH RAIN RATES
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY FROM
KIHEI AND WAILEA TOWARD THE UPCOUNTRY REGION. THE MAUI EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED THAT SOUTH KIHEI ROAD HAS ALREADY BEEN
CLOSED, AND FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LAHAINA. THE PIILANI
HIGHWAY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS
WEST OF KAUPO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING OVER MAUI FROM
THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IN
DRAINAGES, STREAMS, RIVERS, ROADS, PROPERTIES, AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. MULTIPLE PUBLIC ROAD CLOSURES
EXPECTED, AS WELL AS LANDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.
* THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF MAUI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS, RIVERS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND CULVERTS, EVEN
IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY DRY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1230 AM HST IF FLOODING
PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2063 15647 2078 15648 2076 15654 2080 15663
2088 15670 2101 15668 2102 15668 2105 15659
2100 15651 2091 15647 2096 15633 2095 15624
2087 15612 2084 15611 2081 15600 2077 15597
2071 15598 2064 15604 2062 15611 2057 15642
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
KODAMA
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