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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


1145 PM SST WED FEB 08  2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 





*  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...


    FOR ALL COUNTIES OF TUTUILA...AUNUU AND MANUA ISLANDS.





* UNTIL 200 AM SST THURSDAY





* AT 1000 PM WED...A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 1.38 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE


BEEN RECORDED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TAFUNA.





* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROAD


WAYS AND HAS OVERFLOWED STREAMS AND COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING


OF STREAMS ALONG MOUNTAIN PASSES AND VALLEYS.  LAND AND MUD SLIDES


ARE POSSIBLE AS GROUNDS HAS BEEN SATURATED.





.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.





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