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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NIALA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
543 PM HST FRI SEP 25 2015

...TROPICAL STORM NIALA SOUTHEAST OF HAWAII AND MOVING
NORTHWESTWARD...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED POSITION INFORMATION. VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO FORECAST TRACK
AND INTENSITY SINCE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PORTIONS OF
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE BIG ISLAND.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIALA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.2N...LONGITUDE 150.7W...OR ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HILO HAWAII ABOUT 590 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
TROPICAL STORM NIALA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE TRACK FORECAST FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER
BRINGS THE BIG ISLAND INTO THE PATH OF THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF
TROPICAL STORM NIALA AS IT TRAVELS WESTWARD THIS WEEKEND. THE
GREATEST THREAT TO THE BIG ISLAND WITH NIALA WILL BE TORRENTIAL
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. EASTERLY WINDS WILL DIRECT MOST OF THE
RAIN TOWARDS THE WINDWARD SLOPES...BUT ALL PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND
SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN. NIALA/S WINDS AND SURF MAY ALSO BE A
THREAT ALONG SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IT IS VITAL THAT YOU DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
FORECAST MOVEMENT...DIRECTION...AND SPEED ARE ONLY ESTIMATES.
EVEN SMALL ERRORS IN THE FORECAST TRACK CAN MEAN MAJOR
DIFFERENCES IN WHERE THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. DAMAGING
EFFECTS CAN EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER.

FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE. SECURE OR
BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE...
CHILDRENS TOYS...HANGING PLANTS...BARBECUE GRILLS...OR ANY ITEM
THAT COULD BECOME A DESTRUCTIVE PROJECTILE IN STRONG WINDS. DO
NOT WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.

KEEP INFORMED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL
NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS
OR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 AM HST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HIZ023>028-261145-
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KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
543 PM HST FRI SEP 25 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...AND OTHER
ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED OR STORED INDOORS.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME VERY SMALL.

...WINDS...
ALTHOUGH THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO REMAIN
BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OF 39 MPH...34 KNOTS...ONLY A SMALL
CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF NIALA COULD RESULT IN HIGHER WINDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET ALONG SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES
RESULTING IN POTENTIAL MINOR WAVE RUN UP. OVERNIGHT AND AFTERNOON
HIGH TIDES OF 2 FEET WILL BRING WAVE RUN UP SLIGHTLY HIGHER DURING
THESE TIMES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ANTICIPATING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS
THE BIG ISLAND FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE
THE GREATEST HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH NIALA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE BIG ISLAND. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE
DETAILS.

$$

FOSTER
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