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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
759 PM HST SAT MAR 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY
* UNTIL 1100 PM HST.
* AT 759 PM HST, RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS
SHIFTED TO THE WINDWARD AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF MAUI, WITH
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY DOWN TO AROUND 0.5 TO 1 INCH PER
HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED, RUNOFF FROM
EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO KEEP STREAMS ELEVATED.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THE HIGHWAY NEAR HANA REMAINS CLOSED
THIS EVENING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING. FLOODING HAS ALSO
BEEN REPORTED IN LAHAINA, WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS DUE TO RUNOFF AND DRAINAGE.
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...
KAHULUI, KIHEI, LAHAINA, KULA, PUKALANI, MAKAWAO, KEOKEA,
HALIIMAILE, PAIA, PUUNENE, HAIKU-PAUWELA, WAILEA, PAUWELA,
MAALAEA, HUELO, ULUPALAKUA, MAKENA, WAIKAPU, WAILUKU AND WAIEHU.
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.
THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN AREAS.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1100 PM 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...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
GIBBS
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