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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DARBY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1212 PM HST FRI JUL 22 2016

...DARBY MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE BIG
ISLAND...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED WARNINGS SECTION AND SITUATION OVERVIEW...AS WELL AS
TIMING AND IMPACTS OF WINDS AND RAINFALL.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOLOKAI...LANAI...
KAHOOLAWE...MAUI.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG ISLAND.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF MAUI
AND THE BIG ISLAND UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM HST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DARBY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.5N...LONGITUDE 151.0W...OR ABOUT 280 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII ABOUT 490 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
HONOLULU HAWAII. TROPICAL STORM DARBY IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DARBY IS CONTINUING ITS STEADY MARCH TOWARD THE BIG
ISLAND AT MIDDAY. THE CENTER OF DARBY WILL BE APPROACHING THE BIG
ISLAND SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL PASS VERY NEAR...OR OVER...THE
BIG ISLAND ON SATURDAY. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY...WITH THE CENTER OF DARBY EXPECTED TO PASS
VERY NEAR...OR OVER...MAUI COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...RAIN AND
WIND WILL INCREASE WELL AHEAD OF THE CENTER.

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

YOUR PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. IN A TROPICAL STORM...
CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL
OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE.

TROPICAL STORMS CAN BRING INTENSE RAIN LEADING TO SEVERE FLASH FLOODING.
PEOPLE NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED
TO BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO FLASH FLOODING.

CANCEL ANY BEACH ACTIVITIES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PERSONS LIVING NEAR
THE SHORE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE QUICKLY SHOULD BUILDING SURF
THREATEN. OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...INCLUDING CAMPING AND HIKING...SHOULD
BE POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER THE STORM.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 630 PM HST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HIZ012>028-230600-
/O.CON.PHFO.TR.W.2005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-
KAHOOLAWE-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-
MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-
KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
1212 PM HST FRI JUL 22 2016

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OVER 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERSPREADING THE BIG ISLAND LATE
TONIGHT...AND MAUI COUNTY ON SATURDAY. IN SOME AREAS...WINDS WILL
BE AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. EVEN HIGHER GUSTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...THROUGH PASSES...AND
WHERE WINDS BLOW DOWNSLOPE. THESE EFFECTS CAN OCCUR WELL AWAY FROM
THE CENTER OF DARBY.

HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...GUTTERS AND WINDOWS...
ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. LOOSE OUTDOOR
ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE
INJURY.

MANY POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING
IN EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREAS. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF
TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND MANY WEAKER TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SHOWERS WILL INCREASE ON THE
BIG ISLAND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
SPREAD TO MAUI COUNTY ON SATURDAY AS WELL. REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE FLOOD THREAT FROM DARBY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF THE
BIG ISLAND AND MAUI. SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 15 TO 25 FEET
TODAY WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS. THIS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WAVE
RUNUP AND DAMAGE ON SOME WINDWARD COASTAL ROADS. REFER TO THE HIGH
SURF WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
FOR THE BIG ISLAND...THE CHANCE FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT HILO IS 63 PERCENT...53 PERCENT AT BRADSHAW FIELD...
27 PERCENT AT SOUTH POINT...AND 42 PERCENT AT KAILUA-KONA.

FOR MAUI COUNTY...THE CHANCE FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
AT KAHULUI IS 51 PERCENT...55 PERCENT AT HANA...42 PERCENT AT LANAI
CITY...AND 43 PERCENT AT KAUNAKAKAI.

$$
R BALLARD
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