Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued November 6 at 5:52PM HST expiring November 6 at 8:45PM HST by NWS Honolulu HI

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Honolulu HI
Issued: 2018-11-06T17:52:00-10:00
Expires: 2018-11-06T20:45:00-10:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 8:45 PM HST. Avoid flood areas. -NWS
Description: The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
The island of Hawaii in Hawaii County

* Until 845 PM HST.

* At 548 PM HST, radar and rain gauge data shows very heavy rains
along the leeward slopes of the Big Island, extending from
Waikoloa Village southward to Honaunau. A rain gauge along Waiaha
Stream recently reported rainfall rates of 4 inches per hour, and
radar estimates show widespread hourly rainfall rates of 2 to 4
inches in the warning area. Flash flooding is likely ongoing or
will begin very shortly within the warning area.

* Locations in the warning include but are not limited to…
Kailua-Kona, Kealakekua, Honalo, Captain Cook, Puuanahulu, Kalaoa,
Honaunau, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kainaliu, Waikoloa Village and Holualoa.

Instruction: A flash flood warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring in
streams, roads, and low lying areas. Move to higher ground now.

Do not cross fast flowing water in your vehicle, or on foot. Turn
around, don’t drown.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Hawaii, HI

Message Identifier: NWS-IDP-PROD-3204924-2816128
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings