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WGMY50 PGUM 270057

FFWMY 

GUZ001-002-003-004-270700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

11 AM LST FRI AUG 27 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 500 PM LST. 



* AT 11 AM LST...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IMAGERY    

  SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

  MARIANAS. THE RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF 

  APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM 21W. THESE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.



* HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. RAINFALL 

  TOTALS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON.

 

* 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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