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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS STU

February 22, 2007

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 2007, 1:15 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 22, 2007, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2007, 4:00 PM 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 221924
FFWPPG
ASZ001>002-222200-

BULLETIN-EAS BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
815 AM SST THU FEB 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 1100 AM SST

* AT 800 AM THIS MORNING...SATELITTE IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE
  CONVECTION OVER MANUA AUNUU AND TUTUILA ISLANDS.  THUNDERSTORMS
  ASSOCIATED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH
  FLOODING.  OFU RAIN GAGE RECORDED 1.34 INCH OF RAINFALL
  OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS.  THE WEATHER OFFICE RECORDED 0.47 INCH
  OF PRECIPITATION SINCE 6 AM THIS MORNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OVREFLOW STREAMS AND IT MAY THREATEN LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO SPEED WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR...TRUCK OR SUV
TO CROSS SAFELY.

$$

FAAMOLEMOLE IA FAASALALAU LOA LAVA
LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA TAFEGA TETELE
OFISA O LE TAU
815 AM ASO TOFI FEPUARI 22 2007

...UA IAI NEI SE LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MO VAITAFE MA NOFOAGA MAUALALALO MO
TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA E OO ATU I LE 11 I LE TAEAO NEI...

O TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU UA VAAIA NEI I LUGA O LE ATUNUU MA UA MAFUA
AI TIMUGA MAMAFA MA FAITITILI I MANUA MA O LOO AGAI MAI PEA I AUNUU
MA TUTUILA I LE TAEAO NEI. E TUSA MA LE 1 TESIMALE 34 INISI
FAAPUTUGA O TIMUGA NA MAUA MAI OFU AE TESIMALE 47 INISI TIMUGA MAI LE OFISA
O LE TAU I TAFUNA TALU MAI LE 6 I LE TAEAO.  O LOO MAMAFA PEA TIMUGA
I MANUA MA E FAUTUAINA LE MAMALU O LE ATUNUU INA IA AUA LE LAASIA ALA
UA LOFIA I LE TETELE O LOLOGA MA TAFEGA.

FAAMOLEMOLE FAAUTAGIA MAI LENEI LAPATAIGA.

CB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGZS70 NSTU 222135
FFSPPG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
1020 AM SST THU FEB 22 2007

ASZ001-002-222300-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-
1020 AM SST THU FEB 22 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM
FOR TUTUILA AUNUU AND MANUA ISLANDS...

A WEATHER SENSOR IN CAPE MATATULA RECORDED OVER 1.57 INCHES
OF RAINFALL SINCE 900 AM THIS MORNING.  IN MANUA...OVER 0.25
INCH OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE LAST TWO HOURS.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO THE NORTH
OF THE ISLANDS.  THIS CONVECTION IS MOVING AT A FAST PACE
AND IS HEADING WEST TO NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

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

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

$$

...O LOO FAAAUAU PEA LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA VAITAFE MO NOFOAGA
MAUALALALO MO TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA...

O LOO RIPOTIA MAI PEA E MASINI O LE TAU NI FAAPUTUGA TIMU
MAI LE NUU O TULA...MAI LE ITULA O LE 9 I LE TAEAO NEI...E
OVA MA LE 1 TESIMALE 57 INISI FAPUTUGA TIMU. O NISI O ALALAFAGA
I MANUA UA MAUA NI FAAPUTUGA TIMUGA E OVA ATU MA LE TESIMALE
25 INISI MAI NAI ITULA UA MAVAE.

O LOO FAAILOA MAI PEA E SATELITE IA TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU UA VAAIA
NEI MA O LOO AGAI ATU I SISIFO MA MATU I SISIFO I LE 15 I LE
20 MAILA I LE ITULA.

E FAUTUAINA LE MAMALU LAUTELE ONA O TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU UA
VAAIA NEI...FAAMOLEMOLE IA FAAUTAGIA MAI LENEI FAASALALAUGA.

CB
000 
WGZS70 NSTU 222241
FFSPPG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
1200 PM SST THU FEB 22 2007

ASZ001-002-222305-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-
1200 PM SST THU FEB 22 2007

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

A CONVECTION FROM THE PAST HOURS HAS MOVED FARTHER NORTH
AND AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS.  SHOWERS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE
PAST HOUR.

$$

UA FAAMUTAINA LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MO VAITAFE MA NOFOAGA
MAUALALALO MO TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA.  UA AGAI ESE ATU
TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU I MATU O LE ATUNUU MA O LE A FAASOLO
INA LAGI LELEI LE TAU I SE TAIMI O LE AOAULI NEI.

CB

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Sources

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