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WGMY50 PGUM 220656

FFWMY 

GUZ001-002-003-004-222000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

5 PM LST SUN AUG 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN GUAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE MARIANA ISLANDS OF GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN.



* UNTIL 600 AM LST MONDAY MORNING.



* AT 5 PM LST...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IMAGERY   

  INDICATE INTENSE RAIN BANDS SWIRLING INTO TYPHOON CHABA. THESE 

  RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUALLY FORM OVER THE MARIANA ISLANDS AS CHABA 

  MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TONIGHT. 



* TYPHOON CHABA HAS ALREADY BROUGHT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN TO MOST 

  OF THE MARIANAS AND MAY RAISE RAINFALL TOTALS TO NEAR 12 INCHES BY 

  EARLY MONDAY MORNING.



* EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN VALLEYS...AT THE BASE OF 

  MOUNTAINS...ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS...ALONG ROADWAYS AND IN   

  LOW-LYING AREAS.



IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING AREA...AT THE BASE OF MOUNTAIN VALLEYS... 

OR NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS...GO TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. AVOID 

DRIVING IN THE WARNED AREA. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD.



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