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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS STU

February 9, 2006

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Feb 9, 2006, 8:45 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, 8:45 AM CST (14:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2006, 11:00 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 091445
FFWPPG 
ASZ001>002-091700-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
345 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 600 AM SST THURSDAY

* AT 330 AM THU...THE WEATHER OFFICE AT TAFUNA RECEIVED ANOTHER HALF
AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES AS OCCASIONAL HEAVY
SHOWERS CONTINUES ACROSS TUTUILA AND 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

LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA SOLOGA
345 AM ASO TOFI FEPUARI 9 2006

O LOO FAAUAU PEA LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA TETELE MA SOLOGA MO
TUTUILA..AUNUU MA MANUA.

O LE MAMAFA O TIMUGA MA LE TETELE O TAFEGA UA LOLOVAIA AI NOFOAGA
MAUALALALO MA ALATELE MA UA LOFIA AI VAITAFE.  E FAUTUAINA FOI LE
ATUNUU ONA UA LEVA ONA TIMU MA UA SUSU LE ELEELE MA O LE A TELE AI
NOFOAGA TU LATA I MAUGA O LE TUTUPU AI SOLOGA

E TOE FAAMANATU ATU I LE MAMALU LAUTELE AE MAISE LAVA E O LOO
FAAFOE INA TAAVALE...A TETELE TAFEGA MA LOLOGA..ONA AUA LEA LE
TAUMAFAI E SOPOIA TAFEGA.  O LE TELE LAVA O E UA MALILIU I LOLOGA MA
TAFEGA ONA O LE TAUMAFAI E SOPOIA LOLOGA MA TAFEGA A O MAMAFA
TAFEGA.  

FAAFOFOGA MAI PEA I LETIO MA TELEVISE MO NISI TALA E UIGA I NEI
LAPATAIGA.

O LE A TOE MAUA ATU SE TALA FOU MO LENEI LIPOTI I LE 4 AM ASO TOFI.

The office that day

Everything else NWS STU issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 4:45 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	STU		2 hr
Feb 9, 7:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	STU		2 hr

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.