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WGZS70 NSTU 220800 


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ASZ001-220800-


SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


900 PM SST WED DEC 21 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 THURSDAY MORNING...





HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLANDS HAS CAUSED 


PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS AND RISING


SMALL STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE RESULT OF HEAVY SHOWERS


AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THAT IS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE


ISLANDS.





WHILE WE EXPECT THIS HEAVY RAIN TO NOT LAST TOO LONG...ANY


ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE 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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