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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 4, 2005Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this flash flood warning at Feb 4, 2005, 3:01 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2005, 3:01 AM HST (13:01 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2005, 6:00 AM HST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Honolulu, HI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hawaii County, HI

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WGHW50 PHFO 041309
FFWHFO
HIC001-041600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
301 AM HST FRI FEB 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY

* UNTIL 600 AM HST

* AT 250 AM HST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT PERSISTENT HEAVY 
  RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND. 
  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO 
  FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  PAHALA...NAALEHU WOOD VALLEY...AND VOLCANO.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS
AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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 CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T
DROWN. WOOD VALLEY ROAD AND THE HAWAII BELT HIGHWAY BETWEEN PAHALA 
AND NAALEHU HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY
TO OUTRACE 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 OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE FOR
IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 1891 15567 1938 15492 1956 15515 1948 15537
      1931 15555 1915 15570

$$

RT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 4, 2:41 AM HST	Special Marine Warning	HFO		94 min
Feb 4, 4:41 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Honolulu	3 hr
Feb 4, 5:40 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Hawaii	3 hr
Feb 4, 8:34 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Hawaii	3 hr
Feb 4, 11:21 AM HST	Flash Flood Warning	HFO	Hawaii	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Hawaii, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.