FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
334 PM HST SAT AUG 8 2009

...FELICIA TO BRING HEAVY RAINS TO PORTIONS OF THE STATE...

MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-
KAHOOLAWE-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-
MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-
KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
334 PM HST SAT AUG 8 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR KAHOOLAWE...LANAI...MAUI...MOLOKAI AND
THE BIG ISLAND

* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH FELICIA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH
FLOODING INCREASING ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEED TO PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF TORRENTIAL RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH FELICIA. ROCK AND MUDSLIDES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE ONCE THE HEAVY RAIN BEGINS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT HEAVY...FLOODING RAINFALL COULD
OCCUR EVEN WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF FELICIA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

BURKE/R BALLARD