Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS STU

Issued

Aug 17, 2005, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2005, 12:30 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS STU

Area

Whole counties

000 
WGZS50 NSTU 171530
FFWPPG 
ASZ002>003-171730-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
430 AM SST WED AUG 17  2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

*  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
    FOR ALL COUNTIES OF TUTUILA...AUNUU AND MANUA ISLANDS.

* UNTIL 630 AM WEDNESDAY

*AT 400 AM WED...SATELLITE WAS SHOWING A STATIONARY TROUGH WITH
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER TUTUILA AND MANUA.  HEAVY RAIN FROM
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DUMPED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST
3 HOURS WITH MORE THAN AN INCH..HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.

*EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROAD
WAYS AND HAS OVERFLOWED STREAMS AND COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
OF RIVERS 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.

$$
AKAPO

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