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FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


1200 AM SST THU DEC 08 2005





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD


ADVISORY FOR TUTUILA ...AUNUU AND MANUA ISLANDS UNTIL 100 PM


THURSDAY...





AN ACTIVE TROUGH HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE SAMOAN


ISLANDS TODAY.  ASSOCIATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED


THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE ISLAND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL


HOURS.  





OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS


AND PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS OVER ALL ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY THIS


AFTERNOON.





PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING OR PONDING SHOULD


TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SELF AND PROPERTY. MOTORISTS


ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING


CONDITIONS.  REMEMBER...IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RUNNING WATER


TO PUSH A CAR OFF OF A FLOODED ROAD.


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OLSON


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