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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


8:00 AM MON MAY 19 2003





.....A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR TUTUILA AND AUNUU


UNTIL 10:00 AM MONDAY, MAY 19 2003...





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR


TUTUILA, AUNUU A 8:00 MON, MAY 19 2003.  





HEAVY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHEAR LINE OR CONVERGENCE ZONE


NOW STATIONARY OVER AMERICAN SAMOA WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW


HOURS.  HEAVY RAINFALL AND  RUNOFFS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW-LYING


AREAS IN THE BAY AREA AND ALL LOW-LYING AREAS ACROSS TUTUILA.





THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT TAFUNA HAS MEASURED 3.64 INCHES OF


RAINFALL BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 8::00 AM WITH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 6.50


INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE HEAVY SHOWERS BEGAN SHORTLY BEFORE 6 AM


MON. 





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


OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.  DO NOT CAMP


NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.





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