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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS STU

September 18, 2006

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2006, 10:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2006, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2006, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS STU
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGZS50 NSTU 190315
FFWPPG 
ASZ001>002-190600-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
415 PM SST MON SEP 18  2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

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

*  UNTIL 600 PM SST MONDAY

*  FROM 400 PM TO 415 PM MONDAY...A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF
   0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE
   OFFICE.

*  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.
$$
CB

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in American Samoa, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.