Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Nov 27, 2001, 3:40 AM HST (13:40 UTC)

Expired

Nov 27, 2001, 6:40 AM HST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Whole counties

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WGHW50 PHFO 271341
FFWHI 
HIZ005-271640-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
340 AM HST TUE NOV 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MOLOKAI
  INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KAUNAKAKAI
	 
* UNTIL 640 AM HST
	
* AT 340 AM HST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MOLOKAI AND 
  TO THE SOUTH OF THAT ISLAND

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE OVER THE ISLAND FOR 
  THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS DURING THE 
NEXT THREE HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 
PERSON ON MOLOKAI SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND OR REMAIN INDOORS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER...MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR 
WHEN MOTORISTS TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. ESCAPE RISING WATER BY 
CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A FLOOD 
EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER 
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION.
 
FARRELL     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 27, 3:09 AM HST, 31 minutes earlier.

NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT
STATE OF SAMOA

TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THE SATELLITE SHOWS A LONG BAND OF CLOUDS EXTENDING FROM SEVERAL
HUNDRED MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SAMOA ISLANDS TO SEVERAL HUNDRED
MILES
NORTHWEST OF FUNAFUTI. THE CLOUD BAND JUST TOUCHES YOUR ISLANDS.
MOST OF THE WEATHER IS TO THE NORTH. THE BAND CONTAINS SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE
UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE FORECAST
PERIOD. THE LATEST AVN MODEL RUN DOES NOT BRING MUCH RAINFALL OVER
YOU. EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS. EAST
TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 KT OR LESS DURING THE DAY AND LIGHT AND
VARIABLE AT NIGHT. SOUTHERLY SWELL 3 TO 4 FT.

OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE WILL BRING LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS. WINDS WILL
STRENGTHEN AND VEER TO THE EAST THEN THE SOUTHEAST BY SATURDAY WITH
SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 KT. EXPECT CONTINUED PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

NARRATIVE DISCUSSION FOR TUVALU

TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...TUVALU TIME...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A BAND OF CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS YOUR AREA. THIS WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
WEAK SURFACE LOW. EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE 10 KT AS THE LOW
MEANDERS ACROSS THE AREA.

Flash Flood Warnings in Hawaii, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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