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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


435 AM SST WED FEB 22  2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO IS EXTENDING 





*  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...


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





* UNTIL 600 AM SST WEDNESDAY





* AT 430 AM WEDNESDAY...HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS


TUTUILA.  SATELLITE IMAGERY DISPLAY AN AREA OF CONVECTION OVER THE ISLANDS AND IS


MOVING WEST SLOWLY.





* 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. OVER 3.16 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN


RECORDED AT THE TAFUNA WEATHER OFFICE SINCE 130 AM THIS MORNING.  





.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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...LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA SOLOGA...





O LOO TUMAU LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA TETELE MA SOLOGA MO TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA.





O LE MAMAFA O TIMUGA MA LE TETELE O TAFEGA UA LOLOVAIA AI NOFOAGA


MAUALALALO MA ALATELE MA UA LOFIA AI VAITAFE.  E FAUTUAINA FOI LE


ATUNUU ONA UA SUSU LE ELEELE MA O LE A TELE AI NOFOAGA TU LATA I MAUGA O LE TUTUPU


AI SOLOGA E SILI ATU I LE 3.16 INISI O LE TIMU UA FAAMAUINA I LE OFISA O LE TAU I TAFUNA MAI


LE TOLU SEFULU MINUTE E TEA AI LE AFA O LE TASI I LE TAEAO NEI.





E TOE FAAMANATU ATU I LE MAMALU LAUTELE AE MAISE LAVA E O LOO


FAAFOE INA TAAVALE...A TETELE TAFEGA MA LOLOGA..ONA AUA LEA LE


TAUMAFAI E SOPOIA TAFEGA.  O LE TELE LAVA O E UA MALILIU I LOLOGA MA


TAFEGA ONA O LE TAUMAFAI E SOPOIA LOLOGA MA TAFEGA A O MAMAFA


TAFEGA.  





FAAFOFOGA MAI PEA I LETIO MA TELEVISE MO NISI TALA E UIGA I NEI


LAPATAIGA.





O LE A TOE MAUA ATU SE TALA FOU MO LENEI LIPOTI I LE 6 AM ASO LULU.





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