Flood Advisory and Special Weather Statement

 FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... 
 
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY 
 
* UNTIL 445 PM HST 
 
* AT 200 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND 
THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE BIG ISLAND...WITH MOST OF THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL NOW OCCURRING OVER INTERIOR AND UPSLOPE AREAS...INCLUDING 
THE POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS IMPACTING AREAS 
UPSLOPE OF COMMUNITIES FROM MILOLII TO KAILUA-KONA...WITH 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN JUST SOUTH OF KAMUELA. RUNOFF FROM THIS 
RAINFALL MAY IMPACT DOWNSLOPE LEEWARD COASTAL AREAS...EVEN IN 
AREAS WHERE LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAIN IS DEVELOPING OVER OTHER AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND. RAINFALL 
RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN THE HEAVIEST 
SHOWERS...WITH SHOWERS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. 
 
* THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE ENTIRE BIG ISLAND. 
THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 445 PM HST IF HEAVY RAIN 
PERSISTS. 
THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ADVISORY THAT WAS IN 
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY. 
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND.

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST OVER THE BIG ISLAND THIS 
AFTERNOON... 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH THE 
AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING OVER INTERIOR AND LEEWARD SLOPES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS 
APPROACH...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND 
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 
SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM...AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE 
RAINING FOR YOU TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.