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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
348 PM HST MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY
* UNTIL 545 PM HST.
* AT 348 PM HST, THE WAIAHA STREAM AT HOLUALOA REPORTED A RAPID RISE
IN WATER LEVEL OVER THE LAST HOUR. PAST OCCURRENCES OF STREAM
LEVELS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING OF ROADS IN THE
KAILUA-KONA AREA, INCLUDING KUIKINI HIGHWAY, ALII DRIVE, AND
HUALALAI ROAD. RAPID RISES ON THIS STREAM CAN ALSO RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL FLOODING IMPACTS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE NORTH KONA
DISTRICT.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...STREAM GAUGES.
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, PUUANAHULU, KALAOA, HOLUALOA, HONALO,
PUAKO, KAHALUU-KEAUHOU, KAINALIU, KEALAKEKUA, AND KONA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS, RIVERS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND CULVERTS, EVEN
IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY DRY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND STREAMS, STREETS, HIGHWAYS, PROPERTIES, AND OTHER LOW
LYING SPOTS.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 545 PM HST IF FLOODING
PERSISTS.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLOOD
ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 1948 15596 1960 15599 1964 15604 1967 15604
1973 15608 1980 15605 1986 15598 1987 15593
1994 15590 1998 15585 2003 15584 2010 15590
2020 15592 2026 15590 2028 15587 2001 15570
1934 15579 1934 15590 1947 15593
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
RCB
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