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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS STU

February 6, 2006

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Feb 6, 2006, 2:30 PM CST. It was in force for 4 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: Feb 6, 2006, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS STU
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGZS50 NSTU 062030
FFWPPG 
ASZ001>002-070000-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
930 AM SST MON FEB 06  2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

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

* UNTIL 100 PM SST MONDAY.

* AT 920 AM MON...A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
BEEN RECORDED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TAFUNA.

* 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.

$$
CB/ELM

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.