Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Honolulu, HI

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WGHW70 PHFO 071828
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
826 AM HST FRI DEC 7 2007

HIC009-071930-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-071207T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY-
826 AM HST FRI DEC 7 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN
MAUI COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM HST...

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING MAUI HAS BEGUN TO EASE...BUT STREAM 
LEVELS ARE HIGH...AND THE RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. 
MAUI CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING ALONG FRONT 
STREET IN LAHAINA. 

DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.

LAT...LON 2055 15631 2057 15649 2072 15651 2074 15660
      2089 15674 2105 15666 2103 15646 2098 15645
      2096 15624 2059 15606

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WGHW70 PHFO 071923
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
921 AM HST FRI DEC 7 2007

HIC009-071931-
/O.EXP.PHFO.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-071207T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY-
921 AM HST FRI DEC 7 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI
COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ISLANDS THROUGH 
TODAY...

THE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING HAVE SUBSIDED...BUT RUNOFF IS STILL
OCCURRING AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

LAT...LON 2055 15631 2057 15649 2072 15651 2074 15660
      2089 15674 2105 15666 2103 15646 2098 15645
      2096 15624 2059 15606

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 AM HST FRI DEC 7 2007

.SYNOPSIS...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS THAT ARE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY... ALONG
WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THE LOW
JUST NORTH OF KAUAI WILL START MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST THIS
EVENING AFTER WHICH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SLOWLY BECOME MORE STABLE.
THERE WILL NONETHELESS BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS SATURDAY.
BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BUT THEY WILL WEAKEN
THIS WEEKEND. TRADE WINDS SHOULD RETURN BY MONDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...THE LOW THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND
PRECIPITATION IS AT ITS CLOSEST POSITION... NEARLY 150 MILES NORTH
OF KAUAI. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN MOVING IT TO THE NORTH LATER
TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED CONVECTION DUE TO THE UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS ARE APPARENT ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR. THE SURFACE
TROUGH... STILL NEAR KAUAI... SEEMS TO MARK THE WESTWARD EXTENT OF
THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY HENCE THE GREATEST FLASH FLOOD THREAT LIKELY
EAST OF KAUAI WITH BANDS OF CONVECTION APT TO CONTINUE FORMING AND
MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH MAIN CONVECTIVE BAND
REMAINING FROM THE OLD FRONT IS JUST GRAZING THE EASTERN PART OF THE
BIG ISLAND IT COULD SHIFT OVER THE BIG ISLAND AND THREATEN THEM
THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS OVER ALL ISLANDS BUT
KAUAI MAY BE EXCLUDED LATER TODAY.

SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED AS STRONGLY AS
ANTICIPATED... ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME CHANCE WINDS MAY STILL
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY SO HAVE LEFT WIND ADVISORIES UP FOR THE
AREAS MOST STRONGLY AFFECTED... TYPICALLY DOWNSLOPE WHICH IN THIS
CASE IS ROUGHLY THE NORTH THROUGH EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS FROM
OAHU TO MAUI. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN LOWER ATMOSPHERE STILL
APPARENT ON BALLOON SOUNDS.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR SOME AREAS BUT WITH WITH DECREASING TREND
TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING IN COMBINATION WITH CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OVER THE BIG ISLAND
NECESSITATES CONTINUATION OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUMMITS OF BIG
ISLAND. STRONG WINDS LIKELY CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ON SUMMITS OF
MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND WITH POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION OF THOSE
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WIND ADVISORY OF OAHU MOLOKAI LANAI AND MAUI THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL ISLANDS TIL 6 PM FRIDAY.

HIGH WIND WARNING SUMMITS OF HALEAKALA AND BIG ISLAND THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

BLIZZARD WARNING BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY KAUAI KAIWI PAILOLO CHANNELS... OAHU AND MAUI
WINDWARD WATERS.

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HOAG