Alert archive / American Samoa / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007

Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS STU

May 28, 2007

NWS STU issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2007, 9:55 PM CDT. 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
May 28, 2007, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
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 290254
FFWPPG 
ASZ001-002-280600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
355 PM SST MON MAY 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO HAS ISSUED 

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

* UNTIL 700 PM SST

* AT 350 PM THIS AFTERNOON...SATELITTE IMAGERY SHOWS A
  CONVECTION EXPANDING OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST.
  HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE ISLANDS
  FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
STREAMS AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIONS THIS EVENING WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT FLOODING TO THE POLICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

FAAMOLEMOLE IA FAASALALAU LOA LAVA
LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MA TAFEGA TETELE
OFISA O LE TAU 
355 PM ASO GAFUA ME 28 2007

...UA IAI NEI SE LAPATAIGA MO LOLOGA MO VAITAFE MA NOFOAGA MAUALALALO MO
TUTUILA AUNUU MA MANUA E OO ATU I LE 10 I LE TAEAO NEI...

O TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU UA VAAIA NEI I LUGA O LE ATUNUU MA UA MAFUA
AI TIMUGA MAMAFA.  O LE A FAI LAVA SINA MAMAFA O TIMUGA MO NISI O NAI
ITULA. IA FAUTUAINA LE MAMALU LAUTELE INA IA FAAETEETE I TAIMI O
FEMALAGAIGA AE MAISE LE LAASIAINA O ALA UA LOFIA I LOLOGA MA TAFEGA.  

FAAMOLEMOLE FAAUTAGIA MAI LENEI LAPATAIGA.

CB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGZS70 NSTU 290348
FFSPPG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
445 PM SST MON MAY 28 2007

ASZ001-002-280600-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA ISLANDS-
445 PM SST MON MAY 28 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM SST...

SATELLITE IMAGERY DISPLAY A CONVECTION SPREADING ACROSS TUTUILA
AUNUU AND MANUA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RECORDED
1.04 INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR. ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER AND ARE
TEMPORARILY IMPASSIBLE.

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

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE POLICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

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

O LOO TUMAU PEA TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU I LUGA O LE ATUNUU MA UA MAUA E LE
OFISA O LE TAU SE AOFAIGA O TIMUGA E I LE 1 TESIMALE 04 INISI. UA LOLO-VAIA LE TELE
O AUALA ONA O LE MAMAFA O TIMUGA I LE AFIAFI NEI.

FAAMOLEMOLE FAAUTAGIA MAI LENEI LAPATAIGA AE MAISE E O LOO FEMALAGAI
I LUGA O AUALA...IA MALAGA MA LE FAAETEETE.

A FAI E IAI SE FAALAVELAVE FAAFUASEI E MAFUA MAI I TULAGA LOULOUA O LE
TAU...VALAAU VAVE LE OFISA O LEOLEO MO SE FESOASOANI.

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.