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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
849 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 100 AM HST.
* AT 849 PM HST, RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN KONA
SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND. A LARGE HEAVY RAIN BAND CONTINUE TO MOVE
OVER THE KONA SLOPES WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO
3 INCHES PER HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
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 100 AM 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
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
RCB
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