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WGHW50 PHFO 150512  
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HIC001-150700-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI  
712 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 900 PM HST.  
 
* AT 712 PM HST, RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE KONA WESTERN  
SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND. RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 3  
INCHES PER HOUR. THE WAIAHA STREAM GAUGE REMAINS ABOVE FLOOD  
WARNING THRESHOLDS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLOODING IN DRAINAGES, STREAMS, RIVERS, ROADS,  
PROPERTIES, AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PUBLIC ROAD  
CLOSURES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. LANDSLIDES ARE  
POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
KAILUA-KONA, CAPTAIN COOK, KEALAKEKUA, KAINALIU, HONAUNAU, HONALO,  
KAHALUU-KEAUHOU, HOLUALOA, KALAOA, POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, KONA  
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MILOLII AND HAWAII VOLCANOES PARK KAHUKU  
UNIT.  
 
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.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 

 
 
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 900 PM HST IF FLOODING  
PERSISTS.  
 
LAT...LON 1948 15596 1960 15599 1964 15604 1967 15604  
1973 15608 1980 15605 1986 15598 1987 15594  
1972 15572 1921 15573 1907 15592 1914 15593  
1935 15590 1947 15593  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
RCB  
 
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