FFWHFO The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The island of Hawaii in Hawaii County * Until 200 AM HST. * At 1109 PM HST, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling over the Puna and Kau districts. Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 3 inches per hour with the heaviest showers over the Puna district. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flooding in drainages, streams, rivers, roads, properties, and other low-lying areas. Public road closures possible in some areas. Landslides are possible in steep terrain. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, Glenwood, Mountain View, Hawaiian Acres, Orchidlands Estates, Pahoa, Wood Valley, Pahala, Punaluu Beach, Kawa Flats, Naalehu, Fern Forest, Eden Roc, Fern Acres, Kalapana, Kurtistown and Ainaloa.
Recommendations
Stay away from streams, rivers, drainage ditches, and culverts, even if they are currently dry.