(AVOVE VIDEO) Hawaii County Civil Defense message issued Thursday morning with overflight video from the same morning courtesy Ena Media Hawaii.

NEWS BRIEFS

• This afternoon’s civil defense assessment shows that the three breakouts upslope from the stalled flow front remain active and continue to advance.
• The breakout near the transfer station continues to fill into the driveway area to the rear and south side of the facility and is burning the asphalt road material.
• Smoke conditions are currently moderate to heavy, and blowing in a north northeast direction towards the Ainaloa, Hawaiian Paradise Park and Keaau areas.
• Post Office Road in Pahoa has been reopened to two way traffic.

PRIMARY SOURCES

This afternoon’s assessment shows that the three breakouts remain active and continue to advance. These breakouts are located in the area of the cemetery below Apa’a Street; above Apa’a Street in the area west or upslope of the transfer station; and 400 yards upslope of Apa’a Street. The breakouts currently do not pose an immediate threat to area residents and will be monitored closely. The breakout near the transfer station continues to fill into the driveway area to the rear and south side of the facility and burning is involving the asphalt road material. All other burning with other breakouts is limited to vegetation only.

Smoke conditions are currently moderate to heavy with a light south wind blowing the smoke in a north northeast direction towards the Ainaloa, Hawaiian Paradise Park and Keaau areas. Smoke conditions may increase in some areas and residents down wind that may be sensitive or have respiratory problems are advised to take necessary precautions and to remain indoors. The weather service has forecasted continued south winds for the next few days.

The evacuation advisory for those residents down slope of the flow will continue and residents will be kept informed of the flow status and advancement.

The Pahoa Village Road between Apa’a Street and the Post Office Road will remain closed and limited to area residents only. Access to the businesses and commercial areas of the Pahoa town can be made through the Pahoa Village Road at the intersection of Highways 130 and 132. We apologize for any inconvenience the road closure may be presenting with and remind everyone that the Pahoa town center and businesses are open and accessible.

Civil Defense and public safety personnel will be operating in the area round the clock to maintain close observations of flow activity. Additional updates will be broadcasted as conditions change.

We would like to thank everyone for your patience and understanding and your cooperation and assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening and have a safe day, this is your Hawaii County Civil Defense.​​Hawaii County Civil Defense on Nov. 13 at 8 a.m. HST

Scientists of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted ground observations of the June 27th lava flow in the area of the transfer station and Cemetery Rd. earlier today, November 13, 2014. Small scattered breakouts were still active downslope of Apa`a St./Cemetery Rd., a short distance north of the cemetery. Breakouts were active a short distance upslope of Cemetery Road along the south margin of the existing flow. The flow that partly filled the low truck access road around the transfer station was stalled today with only a small breakout observed. Upslope of the transfer station, a lobe traveling northeast remained active, and was approximately 300 meters (330 yards) upslope of Apa`a St.

An overflight is scheduled for Friday.USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on Nov. 13 at 6:53 p.m. HST

Breakout of pāhoehoe lava downslope of the house that burned on November 10. The USGS HVO photo is looking northwest.

This USGS map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base at 1:13,000 scale to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on November 10, 2014, at 10:45 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 12, at 7:00 AM is shown in red. The latitude and longitude of the front of the narrow finger of lava advancing toward Pāhoa was 19.49590, -154.95256 (Decimal Degrees; WGS84). The dotted blue lines show steepest-descent paths in the area, calculated from a 1983 digital elevation model (DEM).
The tip of the flow is not active, but there are active breakouts on the north side of the flow field about 400 meters (437 yards) upslope. The flow tip is 155 meters (170 yards) from Pāhoa Village Road.
Surface activity also continues elsewhere on the flow. Surface breakouts on the north side of the flow field range from about 435 meters (475 yards) mauka to 440 meters (481 yards) makai of the Apaʻa Street. One of the breakouts is moving northeast and inside the fence of the Transfer Station. A breakout moved northward along Apaʻa street and eastward onto a property, destroyed a house, continued northeast and has reached 270 meters (295 yards) makai of Apaʻa Street. A breakout 760 meters (831 yards) mauka of Apaʻa Street has continued to move northeastward and has flowed to within 375 meters (410 yards) of Apaʻa Street. Other breakouts continued to flow on the north (2.4 kilometers; 1.5 miles) and on the south (1.2 kilometers; 0.75 miles) sides of the flow field.