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WGZS70 NSTU 180200 


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ASZ001-180600-


SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


200 PM SST SAT DEC 17 2005


 


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD


ADVISORY FOR THE ISLANDS OF TUTUILA AND AUNUU TO CONTINUE UNTIL 700


PM SST SATURDAY EVENING...





SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN A NEARLY STATIONARY


TROUGH IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISLANDS CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HEAVY RAIN


AT TIMES OVER THE ISLANDS OF TUTUILA AND AUNUU.  PONDING OF WATER


IN LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS FAST RISING WATER IN SMALL STREAMS IS


POSSIBLE.





SINCE THE SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...ANY


ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL


STREAMS, STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS


SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. 


MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING


CONDITIONS.





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