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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NIALA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1220 AM HST SAT SEP 26 2015

...NIALA STILL MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD HAWAII...

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

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR ALL LOCATIONS
WITHIN THE MAIN 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.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-FACING SHORES OF KAUAI
OAHU MOLOKAI AND MAUI THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIALA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.8N...LONGITUDE 151.2W...OR ABOUT 325 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII...AND ABOUT 535 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HONOLULU HAWAII. TROPICAL STORM NIALA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 8
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH.

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

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

IT IS VITAL THAT YOU FOCUS NOT ON THE PRECISE FORECAST TRACK...BUT
ON THE OVERALL THREAT POSED BY NIALA. FORECAST MOVEMENT...
DIRECTION...AND SPEED ARE ONLY ESTIMATES. EVEN SMALL ERRORS IN THE
FORECAST TRACK CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE WORST
CONDITIONS. DAMAGING EFFECTS CAN EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER OF A
STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA 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. ACT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

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

BE READY TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL
OFFICIALS...AND COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT THEY ISSUE. PERSONS
NEAR THE SHORE SHOULD PREPARE TO EVACUATE QUICKLY SHOULD BUILDING
SURF THREATEN.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM HST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HIZ023>028-261830-
/O.CON.PHFO.TR.A.3006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
1220 AM HST SAT SEP 26 2015

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE FORECAST REMAINED LARGELY UNCHANGED SINCE THE LAST BULLETIN.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SECURE OR MOVE INDOORS ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR
GARBAGE CANS. KEEP SUPPLIES ON HAND AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES.
EVACUATE IF LOCAL OFFICIALS SO ORDER.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS SMALL. THIS REPRESENTS LITTLE CHANGE
SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS...
ALTHOUGH CHANGES ARE STILL POSSIBLE...THE LATEST FORECAST CALLS FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR HIGHER TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF
THE BIG ISLAND. HOWEVER...ONLY A SLIGHT CHANGE IN STORM MOVEMENT COULD
BRING THEM ASHORE. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF NIALA...MODERATE
WIND DAMAGE STILL IS POSSIBLE.

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. REFER TO
THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

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