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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


1240 PM SST WED AUG 17  2005





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 





*  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...


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





* UNTIL 300 PM WEDNESDAY





*AT 1230 PM WEDNESDAY...SATELLITE WAS SHOWING A SLOW MOVING


CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER TUTUILA AND MANUA ISLANDS. HEAVY RAIN AND


THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST


2 HOURS NEAR MOUNTAINOUS AREA AND NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN AT THE PAGO


PAGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.





*EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROAD


WAYS AND HAS OVERFLOWED STREAMS AND COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING


OF RIVERS ALONG MOUNTAIN PASSES AND VALLEYS.  LAND AND MUD SLIDES


ARE POSSIBLE AS GROUNDS HAS BEEN SATURATED.





.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.





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C.BAQUI

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