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WGMY50 PGUM 240416

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GUZ001-002-003-004-240800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

2 PM LST TUE AUG 24 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 PM LST TUESDAY NIGHT.



* AT 2 PM LST...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IMAGERY   

  INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH WIND FLOW 

  CONVERGENCE INTO SUPER TYPHOON CHABA MOVING ACROSS THE MARIANA 

  ISLANDS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST FOR A FEW

  MORE HOURS.



* THESE SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN TO 

  ROTA AND OVER TWO INCHES TO GUAM AND OVER 5 INCHES TO SAIPAN. 

  TWO MORE INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THIS RAIN 

  EVENT ENDS



* 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. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD.



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ZIOBRO

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