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FLOOD ADVISORY STATEMENT NO. 1


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


600 AM SST MON MAR 14 2005





...FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS EXPECTED UNTIL 900 AM SST


FOR ALL OF TUTUILA AND AUNUU...





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT TAFUNA HAD RECORDED MORE


THAN 1.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT THE AIRPORT SINCE 530 AM SST.  HEAVY 


SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER


THE ISLANDS AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE TODAY.  FLOODING OF


LOW LYING AREAS AND STREET BONDING HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED


FROM TAFUNA..NUUULI UTA AND LOWER PAGO PAGO. 





HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF COULD CAUSE LANDSLIDE ALONG STEEP SLOPES AND


MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.  





THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY AS ROADS ARE SLIPPERY AND


MAY BE FLOODED.  PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH


PASSES AND NEAR USUAL LANDSLIDE AREAS AS GROUNDS ARE SATURATED


AND ANY DOWN BURST COULD TRIGGER MUD OR LANDSLIDE.





THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AT 900 AM SST MONDAY OR SOONER IF


CONDITIONS WARRANTED.





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