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FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


630 PM SST WED DEC 07 2005





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD


ADVISORY FOR TUTUILA AND MANUA UNTIL 1230 AM THURSDAY...





AN ACTIVE CONVERGENCE BAND OVER TUTUILA AND MANUA IS PRODUCING


HEAVY SHOWERS OVER THE ISLANDS AND IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING


OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN


TAFUNA RECORDED MORE THAN AN  INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST SIX


HOURS. HEAVY RUNOFFS HAVE ALSO OVERFLOW SMALL STREAMS AND


DRAINAGE FROM TAFUNA TO THE BAY AREA.





PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY


PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE


HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 





THE FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT


SEVERAL HOURS.


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