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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NIALA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1142 AM HST SAT SEP 26 2015

...NIALA SLOWING AS IT MAKES A TURN TOWARDS THE WEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED NIALA/S POSITION AND INTENSITY FOR THE 11 AM HST ADVISORY
FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER.

.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.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIALA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.1N...LONGITUDE 152.1W...OR ABOUT 265 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII ABOUT 475 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU
HAWAII. TROPICAL STORM NIALA IS MOVING WEST AT 7 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 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 THROUGH MONDAY. THE
GREATEST THREAT TO THE BIG ISLAND WITH NIALA WILL BE TORRENTIAL
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. WHILE RAINS HAVE NOT PICKED UP QUITE
YET...WE ARE ANTICIPTATING AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
TONIGHT AS NIALA APPROACHES. EASTERLY WINDS WILL DIRECT MOST OF
THE RAIN TOWARDS THE WINDWARD SLOPES...BUT ALL PORTIONS OF THE
ISLAND SHOULD BE READY FOR 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.

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 6 PM HST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HIZ023>028-270545-
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KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
1142 AM HST SAT SEP 26 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.
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF NIALA...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
OF MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
ANTICIPATING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS
THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TONIGHT AS NIALA APPROACHES.

$$

FOSTER
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