Alert archive / American Samoa / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS STU

February 9, 2006

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Feb 9, 2006, 7:00 AM CST. 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
Feb 9, 2006, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
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 091300
FFWPPG 
ASZ001>002-091500-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
200 AM SST THU FEB 09  2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS EXTENDED 

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

* UNTIL 400 AM SST THURSDAY

* AT 200 AM THU...THE HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUES ALONG THE MOUNTAINS
ACROSS TUTUILA.  SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVERS
FROM TUTUILA TO MANUA..

* 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.

$$
AA/EL

The office that day

Everything else NWS STU issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 4:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSTU2 hr
Feb 9, 8:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSTU2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in American Samoa, 2006Every 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.