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WGZS70 NSTU 180600 


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ASZ001-181200-


SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


700 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 100


AM SST SUNDAY MORNING...





HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLANDS IS EXPECTED


TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...


WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS AND RISING SMALL STREAMS IS LIKELY. THE


HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE RESULT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 


EMBEDDED IN A NEARLY STATIONARY TROUGH NEAR THE ISLANDS.





SINCE THE SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL


LIKELY 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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