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FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


220 AM SST WED FEB 22 2006





A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR TUTUILA AND AUNUU ISLANDS IS


NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY...





A SURFACE TROUGH OVER AMERICAN SAMOA IS CAUSING HEAVY SHOWERS


OVER TUTUILA AND AUNUU. THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE


THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.





THESE SHOWERS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING


AREAS AND PONDING OF STREETS.  THE SHOWERS AND HEAVY RUNOFF WILL


CAUSE MUD AND LANDSLIDES ALONG MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. THE WEATHER


SERVICE OFFICE IN TAFUNA HAS RECORDED ABOUT ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN


THE LAST 40 MINUTES.





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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...UA IAI NEI SE FAUTUAGA MO LOLOGA MA SOLOGA MO TUTUILA MA AUNUU E


OO ATU I LE 600 I LE TAEAO NEI...





O UIGA LOULOUA O LE TAU O LOO TAOTO I LUGA AE O AMERIKA SAMOA UA


MAFUA AI TIMUGA MAMAFA O LOO AAFIA AI NEI TUTUILA MA AUNUU.





O NEI TIMUGA MA TAFEGA O LE A LOLOVAIA AI NOFOAGA MAUALALALO. MA


LOFIA AI VAITAFE MA ALATELE. UA FAAMAUINA I LE OFISA O LE TAU I TAFUNA E


TUSA MA LE TASI LE INISI O LE TIMU I LE 40 MINUTE NA SEI MAVAE ATU.





E FAUTUINA LE MAMALU LAUTELE INA IA TAGAI TOTOA ANE I LOLOGA MA


TAFEGA FAAPEA FOI MA SOLOGA. MA IA NOFO SAUNIUNI E TULAI ESE PE A ONO


AAFIA O OTOU MAOTA I LOLOGA MA SOLOGA   E FAUTUAINA FOI E O LOO


FAAFOEINA TAAVALE AFI INA IA AVE A OUTOU TAAVALE MA LE FAAETEETE.





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