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WGZS70 NSTU 180200


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ASZ002-003-180200-





FLOOD STATEMENT CANCELLATION


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


300 PM SST WED AUG 17 2005





....THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TUTUILA..AUNUU AND MANUA IS NOW


CANCELLED... .





HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE SUBSIDED. 





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CB


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000 

WGZS70 NSTU 180200


FFSPPG


ASZ002-003-180900-





SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


300 PM SST WED AUG 17 2005





...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD


ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM SST FOR TUTUILA AND MANUA ISLANDS...





A LARGE AREA OF UNSTABLE AIRMASS LIES OVER THE ISLANDS THIS


AFTERNOON...AND THIS PHENOMENON WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PLENTY OF


RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.  SPOTTERS FROM


ACROSS TUTUILA HAVE REPORTED STALLED VEHICLES AND LARGE PONDING


ALONG ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS LARGE DEBRIS FOUND IN OVERFLOW SMALL


STREAMS IN THE PAGO PAGO BAY AREA.  VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE ISLAND


OF TUTUILA HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION SINCE


5 AM THIS MORNING.  AT THE AIRPORT IN TAFUNA...A TOTAL OF NEARLY 3


INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. 


FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND STREETS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OTHER


AREAS OF TUTUILA AND MANUA ISLANDS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY


CAUTIOUS.





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C.BAQUI

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