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

...NIALA CONTINUES MOVING ALMOST DUE WESTWARD...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED NIALA/S POSITION FOR THE 5 PM HST ADVISORY FROM THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER. ADDED WORDING FOR WIND AND
GUST HAZARDS CAUSED BY ISLAND TERRAIN EFFECTS IN THE WINDS
SUBSECTION.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR PORTIONS OF
LOCATIONS WITHIN 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 5 PM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIALA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.9N...LONGITUDE 152.8W...OR ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HILO...OR ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU. TROPICAL
STORM NIALA IS MOVING WEST AT 8 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 HEAVY RAIN
AND FLASH FLOODING THREAT. WHILE RAINS HAVE NOT PICKED UP QUITE
YET...WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
LATER 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. DO
NOT WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.

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 1230 AM HST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HIZ023>028-271115-
/O.CON.PHFO.TR.A.3006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
508 PM 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...ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND...WINDS
ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE STORM WILL INTERACT WITH THE TERRAIN OF
THE BIG ISLAND AND BRING WINDY CONDITIONS IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE
EASTERLY TRADES. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG
GUSTS IN THE LEEWARD AREAS DUE TO DOWNSLOPING WIND EFFECTS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SURF WILL PEAK AT 8 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY 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...
ANTICIPATING HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS THE
BIG ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TONIGHT AS NIALA APPROACHES. PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE
DETAILS.

$$

FOSTER
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