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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS

1200 AM SST WED MAY 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

FOR ALL COUNTIES OF TUTUILA...AUNUU AND MANUA ISLANDS.

UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY

RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 4.61 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN

THE PAST 5 HOURS AND 2.44 INCHES FELL IN THE LAST 2 

HOURS ALONE AT TAFUNA AIRPORT HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE

FLOODED LOW-LYING AREAS AND HAVE CAUSED HEAVY RUNOFFS

WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODS OF STREAMS AND RIVER

ESPECIALLY ALONG MOUNTAIN PASSES.

THE HEAVY RAIN IS FROM A STATIONARY AREA OF

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAMOA BEING GENERATED BY AN ACTIVE

TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE ISLANDS. THE HEAVY

RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERTED FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER. MANY

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY TO CROSS

FLOODED ROADWAYS.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...CLIMB

DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUT RACE A

FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.

AKAPO





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