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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS STU

September 23, 2006

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Sep 23, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 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 23, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS STU
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGZS50 NSTU 240000
FFWPPG 
ASZ001>002-240200-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
100 PM SST SAT SEP 23  2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

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

*  UNTIL 300 PM SST SATURDAY

*  FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 100 PM SATURDAY...RAINFALL TOTAL OF 0.62
   OF AN INCH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

*  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LYING    
AREAS..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.

$$
AKAPO

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.