AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PORTIONS OF LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MOLOKAI...LANAI... KAHOOLAWE...MAUI...AND THE BIG ISLAND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF MAUI TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF KAUAI... OAHU...MOLOKAI...AND WEST MAUI TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 3 PM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MADELINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII...OR ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII. TROPICAL STORM MADELINE IS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... MADELINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN A WEST SOUTHWEST DIRECTION AS IT PASSES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. WHILE THE CENTER OF MADELINE WILL NOT MAKE LANDFALL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BIG ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE STARTING TO SUBSIDE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTER RAINBANDS FROM MADELINE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BIG ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE RAINS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. BANDS OF SHOWERS ON THE PERIPHERY OF MADELINE COULD BRING OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS TO MAUI COUNTY...AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AND NEAR HIGHER TERRAIN. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...