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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS

6 AM LST TUE MAY 20 2003

...A FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA...

HEAVY SHOWERS AT TIMES OVER THE TERRITORY WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND OVERFLOW OF 

SMALL STREAMS AND STREET BONDING. 

MUD AND LANDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG STEEP SLOPES 

AND MOUNTAINOUS

AREAS DUE TO SATURATED GROUNDS AND HEAVY RUNOFFS.

THE HEAVY SHOWERS ARE BEING GENERATED BY AN ACTIVE CONVERGENCE

ZONE OVER THE TERRITORY. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH

TODAY AS THE CONVERGENCE ZONE IS MOVING EASTWARD SLOWLY.

THE WEATHER OFFICE AT TAFUNA HAS RECORDED 88 HUNDREDTHS OF AN

INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE

CAREFULLY DUE TO POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS.

THIS IS THE FINAL STATEMENT UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT FURTHER

ISSUANCES.

LELAFU





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