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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
404 PM HST SAT MAR 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY
* UNTIL 800 PM HST.
* AT 404 PM HST, RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER
THE PUNA AND KAU DISTRICTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF THE BIG
ISLAND. RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH
MORE RAIN EXPECTED. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 11 IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. PAHALA AND NAALEHU ARE CUT OFF.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
THE KAU AND PUNA DISTRICTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS, RIVERS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND CULVERTS, EVEN
IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY DRY.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE, OR ON
FOOT. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 800 PM HST IF FLOODING
PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 1946 15544 1959 15511 1969 15498 1965 15497
1953 15480 1945 15483 1934 15498 1925 15516
1925 15529 1914 15545 1913 15550 1896 15559
1890 15567 1896 15573 1905 15590 1907 15591
1934 15554
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
TSAMOUS
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