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FLOOD ADVISORY STATEMENT NO. 1


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


630 PM SST FRI JUN 17 2005





...FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS


EXPECTED UNTIL 12 AM SST SATURDAY FOR ALL OF TUTUILA AND AUNUU...





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECORDED ABOUT AN INCH OF


RAINFALL AT THE TAFUNA AIRPORT IN THE LAST THREE HOURS WITH HEAVIER


FALL REPORTED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS.   HEAVY RUNOFF AND SHOWERS 


HAVE OVERFLOWED SMALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGE AND HAVE FLOODED


MANY ROADWAYS AND  LOW LYING AREAS.  THE HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF


COULD ALSO CAUSE LANDSLIDES ALONG STEEP SLOPES AND MOUNTAINOUS


AREAS AS GROUNDS ARE SATURATED. 





THE HEAVY SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS. 





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


MAYBE 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 1200 AM SST SATURDAY OR SOONER IF


CONDITIONS WARRANTED.





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