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WGZS70 NSTU 091340


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FLOOD ADVISORY STATEMENT NO. 1


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


240 AM SST SAT APR 09 2005





...FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS EXPECTED UNTIL 600 AM SST


SAT 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 IN THE PAST 40 MINUTES.


HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING THE ISLANDS AND


SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS


AND STREET BONDING ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY DOWNPOUR.


HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF COULD CAUSE LANDSLIDES 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 600 AM SST SATURDAY OR SOONER IF


CONDITIONS WARRANTED.





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