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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS STU

January 22, 2007

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 2007, 5:15 AM CST. 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: Jan 22, 2007, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2007, 8:00 AM CST
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 221116
FFWPPG 
ASZ001>002-241400-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
1215 AM SST MON JAN 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

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

*  UNTIL 300 AM SST MONDAY

*  FROM 1130 PM SUNDAY TO 1215 AM MONDAY...RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.50
OF AN INCH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN 
LESS THAN AN HOUR.

*  HEAVY RAINFALL AND 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.

&&

FAAMOLEMOLE IA FAASALALAU LOA LAVA
LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA TAFEGA TETELE
OFISA O LE TAU I TAFUNA
1212  AM ASO GAFUA IANUARI 22 2007

*    UA I AI NEI SE LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA TAFEGA TETELE MO
     TUTUILA..AUNUU MA MANUA E OO ATU I LE 3 I LE TAEAO O LE ASO GAFUA.

*    O LE MAMAFA O TIMUGA MA LE TETELE O TAFEGA UA LOLOVAIA AI LE
     ATUNUU...AE AMAISE AI LAVA AFIOAGA MAUALALALO E TULATA I AUVAE
     MAUGA MA VAITAFE.  UA LIPOTIA MAI LE TETELE O LOLOGA MA UA LOFIA
     MA OSOFIA AI LE TELE O VAITAFE MA ALA TELE MAUALALALO.  O LE A I AI FOI
     SOLOGA ONA O LE MAMAFA O TIMUGA MO LE TETELE O TAFEGA.

...E FAUTUAINA LE MAMALU O LE ATUNUU INA IA AUA LE LAASIA ALA UA LOFIA I LE
TETELE O LOLOGA MA TAFEGA.  O LE TELE O E MALILIU I LOLOGA TAFEGA E MAFUA
ONA O LE TAUMAFAI O TAGATA E KOLOSI AUALA O TETELE TAFEGA MA LOLOGA.

AKAPO/LUTU-McMoore
$$

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in American Samoa, 2007 Every flash flood warning in 2007

Sources

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