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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


900 AM SST FRI JAN 13 2006





THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR TUTUILA AUNUU AND MANUA


ISLANDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FRIDAY...





ACTIVE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A RAPID INTENSIFYING TROPICAL


DEPRESSION 210 NM SOUTHWEST OF TUTUILA WILL SPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS


AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY.





THE HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING


AREAS AND PONDING OF STREETS AND ROAD WAYS.  THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND


RUNOFF COULD ALSO CAUSE MUD AND LANDSLIDE AS GROUND IS SATURATED.





PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDE SHOULD


TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE 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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