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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
744 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 930 PM HST.
* AT 744 PM HST, RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN FALLING OVER THE KAU AND PUNA DISTRICT SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF
THE BIG ISLAND. RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING AND HIGHWAY 11 IS CLOSED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS
DUE TO FLOODING.
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...
HAWAIIAN PARADISE PARK, HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, WOOD
VALLEY, PAHALA, VOLCANO, GLENWOOD, PUNALUU BEACH, KAWA FLATS,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, NAALEHU, HAWAIIAN ACRES, ORCHIDLANDS ESTATES,
KEAAU, PAHOA, HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW, FERN FOREST, EDEN ROC, FERN
ACRES AND WAIOHINU.
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 930 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
RCB
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