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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


200 AM SST THU FEB 09  2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS EXTENDED 





*  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...


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





* UNTIL 400 AM SST THURSDAY





* AT 200 AM THU...THE HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUES ALONG THE MOUNTAINS


ACROSS TUTUILA.  SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVERS


FROM TUTUILA TO MANUA..





* 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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