Alert archive / American Samoa / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS STU

February 2, 2007

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2007, 11:28 PM 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
Feb 2, 2007, 11:28 PM CST (05:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2007, 2:00 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 030535
FFWPPG
ASZ001>002-020800-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
628 PM SST FRI FEB 02 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED

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

*  UNTIL 900 PM SST FRIDAY

*  AT 600 PM FRIDAY...SATELITTE IMAGERY SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE
   LAYER OF RAINBANDS MOVING ACROSS THE ISLANDS THIS EVENING
   THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
   RECORDED ABOUT 1.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.


*  FAGAITUA AND AMOULI VILLAGES INCLUDING MANY VILLAGES ACROSS
   THE ISLANDS HAVE OBSERVED OVERFLOW OF SMALL STREAMS AND INCREASING
   FLOW OF WATER FROM MOUNTAIN SITES 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
628 PM ASO FARAILE FEPUARI 02 2007

...UA IAI NEI SE LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MO VAITAFE MA NOFOAGA MAUALALALO MO
TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA...

O TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU UA VAAIA NEI I LUGA O LE ATUNUU MA UA MAFUA
AI TIMUGA MAMAFA I LE AFIAFI NEI. E TUSA MA LE 1 TESIMALE 59 INISI
FAAPUTUGA O TIMUGA NA MAUA E LE OFISA O LE TAU MAI I ITULA E 2 UA MAVAE.
UA RIPOTIA MAI FOI LE TULAGA O TAFEGA MA LOLOGA I NISI O NUU FAAPEA
I FAGAITUA MA AMOULI I LE AFIAFI NEI.

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.  FAAMOLEMOLE
FAAUTAGIA MAI LENEI LAPATAIGA.

CB

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGZS70 NSTU 030633
FFSPPG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
730 PM SST FRI FEB 02 2007

ASZ001-002-030800-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-
730 PM SST FRI FEB 02 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM SST FOR THE ISLANDS OF TUTUILA AUNUU AND MANUA...

AT 725 PM SST...WEATHER SENSOR EQUIPMENTS ACROSS THE ISLANDS
REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE PAST HOUR.
THE MAIN ROAD IS MOSTLY COVERED WITH WATER AS OTHER AREAS
RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OR WATER DUE TO OVER-FLOW OF
SMALL STREAMS AND INCREASING WATER-FLOW ALONG ROADWAYS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.  THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

$$

...O LOO FAAAUAUA PEA LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MO VAITAFE MA NOFOAGA
MAUALALALO MO TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA E OO I LE 9 I LE PO NEI...

I LE 25 O MINUTE E TEA AI LE 7...UA RIPOTIA MAI E MASINI O LE
TAU LE TULAGA O LE TIMU NA IAI I LE ITULA UA MAVAE MA UA FAAILOA
MAI AI E OVA MA LE TASI INISI NI FAAPUTUGA O TIMUGA NA MAUA MAI
I NEI LAVA MASINI.  UA VAAIA FOI LE SIISII O LE VAI I AUALA
A LE MALO FAAPEA I NUU TUA MA E OVA MA LE 3 INISI NI FAAPUTUGA O
VAI UA RIPOTIA MAI I NISI O ALALAFAGA ONA O TULAGA VAAIA O
VAITAFE MA LE MALOLOSI O TAFEGA E LATA I AUALA.

FAAMOLEMOLE IA FAAUTAGIA MAI LENEI LAPATAIGA.  FAAFESOOTAI VAVE
LE OFISA O PUIPUIGA MO TAGATA LAUTELE PE A FAI E VAAIA NI FAALAVELAVE
FAALENATURA.

CB
000 
WGZS70 NSTU 030804
FFSPPG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
900 PM SST FRI FEB 02 2007

ASZ001-002-030815-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-
900 PM SST FRI FEB 02 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TUTUILA
AUNUU AND MANUA...

A CONVECTION OVER THE AREA CONTINUES TO EXTEND EASTWARD
TONIGHT AS MORE SHOWERY BAND FROM THE NORTH DRIFTS OVER
THE ISLANDS TONIGHT.  CURRENT CONDITION INDICATE SHOWERS
HAS DETERIORATED IN THE PAST HALF HOUR.

THE WEATHER SERVICE RECORDED ABOUT 2.04 INCHES OF RAINFALL
SINCE 6 PM THIS EVENING. MOST VILLAGES REPORTED FLOODING
ALONG ROADWAYS AND INCREASING WATER FLOW ALONG STREAMS.

$$

...UA FAAMUTA LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MO VAITAFE MA NOFOAGA
MAUALALALO MO TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA...

O FAAPUTUGA AO UA MAFUA AI TIMUGA O LO O VAAIA PEA I ATU MOTU
O AMERIKA SAMOA MA O LE A AGAI MAI PEA NISI O FAAPUTUGA AO
E MAFUA AI TIMUGA MAI I MATU I LUGA O LE ATUNUU I LE PO NEI.
UA VAAIA SE SUIGA O TULAGA O LE TAU MA UA FEOLOLO TALU MAI LE
AFA ITULA UA MAVAE. E 2 TESIMALE 04 INISI FAAPUTUGA O TIMU NA
MAUA E LE OFISA O LE TAU TALU MAI LE 6 I LE AFIAFI. NA RIPOTIA
MAI FOI NISI O LOLOGA MA TAFEGA O AUVAI MA NOFOAGA MAUALALALO
I LE TELE O NUU...E MAFUA MAI I TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU.

CB

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in American Samoa, 2007Every 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.