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FLASH FLOOD WARNING-URGENT BROADCAST   


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


830 PM SST WED DEC 21 2005





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAFUNA HAS ISSUED 





*A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...


  FOR ALL COUNTIES OF TUTUILA AND AUNUU.





*UNTIL 1030 PM TONIGHT.





*THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECORDED ABOUT 1.96 INCHES IN THE PAST


HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE


SLOWLY DIMINISHING. 





*HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS AND CAN CAUSE


HEAVY RUNOFFS FROM SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.





MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERTED FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT


TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER.  MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS


OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.  TO ESCAPE


RISING WATER...CLIMB DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUT-


RACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.  DO NOT CAMP NEAR


STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.





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OLSON

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