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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM WASI - LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
329 PM SST FRI FEB 21 2020
...TROPICAL STORM WASI EDGING CLOSER TO SAVAII AND REMAINS A
THREAT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA...
..NEW INFORMATION
RMSC NADI HAS NOW NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONE 10F TO WASI AND UPDATE
STORM INFORMATION.
..AREAS AFFECTED
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN THE MAIN ISLANDS OF AMERICAN SAMOA.
..WATCHES/WARNINGS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUTUILA, AUNU'U AND
MANU'A ISLANDS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN 36 HOURS.
HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ISLANDS OF AMERICAN
SAMOA.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ISLANDS OF AMERICAN
SAMOA.
..STORM INFORMATION
AT 3 PM SST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL CYCLONE 10F (18P), WAS
LOCATED AROUND 13.5N/173.2W, OR ABOUT 170 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF
TUTUILA. TROPICAL CYCLONE WASI IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST
AT AROUND 9 MPH. THE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT, THEN TRACK SOUTH/SOUTHEASTWARD ON SATURDAY.
ON THIS TRACK, TROPICAL CYCLONE WASI WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS
THE SAMOAN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SLIGHT
INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE
TERRITORY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND RUNOFF MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW,
RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. PLEASE
TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
MUD AND LANDSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG STEEP SLOPES AND
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AS GROUNDS BECOME SATURATED.
THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS WHEN DRIVING
DUE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND FLOODED ROADWAYS.
THE AMERICAN SAMOA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL IS ADVISING
RESIDENTS TO REMAIN ON ALERT AND SECURE LOOSE ITEMS AS NECESSARY.
BE READY TO COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED BY LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADIO FOR
FURTHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES.
FOR ADDITIONAL PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE EOC AT
699-3800.
NEXT UPDATE
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE 7 PM SST FRIDAY OR SOONER IF
REQUIRED.
ASZ001>003-220615-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-SWAINS-
329 PM SST FRI FEB 21 2020
..TROPICAL CYCLONE WASI REMAINS A THREAT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA
..WINDS
WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE
WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS THE TROPICAL CYCLONE APPROACHES
CLOSER TO THE TERRITORY, BRINGING DAMAGING NORTHWEST TO NORTH
WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH, ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL CYCLONE WASI
SHIFTS FARTHER SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS.
..STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDES
EXPECT COASTAL INUNDATION DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND
LARGE BREAKING WAVES FOR MAINLY WEST THROUGH NORTH FACING SHORES,
ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR TUTUILA, AUNU'U, MANU'A AND SWAINS ISLAND THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE
SEE THE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
..INLAND FLOODING
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE SEE
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH BULLETIN FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
LAPATAIGA MO MATAGI MALOLOSI
OFISA O LE TAU PAGO PAGO AS
329 AOAULI ASO FARAILE FEPUARI 21 2020
...TULATA I SAVAII MATAGI MALOLOSI O WASI MA O LOO TUMAU PEA LE
FAAMATAU MO AMERIKA SAMOA...
..FAAMATALAGA FOU
UA FAAIGOAINA NEI E LE OFISA O LE TAU I NADI TAVILIGA O MATAGI
MALOLOSI 10F IA WASI. TUUINA ATU FOI SE FAAOPOOPOGA O TALAFOU MO
NEI MATAGI MALOLOSI O WASI.
..NOFOAGA UA AAFIA
O NEI FA'ASALALAUGA E AAFIA AI TUTUILA, AUNU'U MA MANU'A.
..NOFO VAAVAAIA/LAPATAIGA
O LOO FAAAUAU LE LAPATA'IGA MO MATAGI MALOLOSI MO TUTUILA, AUNU'U
MA MANU'A.
O LE UIGA O LE LAPATAIGA MO MATAGI MALOLOSI, O LE A IAI MATAGI
MALOLOSI E AAFIA AI TUTUILA, AUNU'U MA MANU'A I LE 36 ITULA.
O LOO FAAAUAU LAPATAIGA MO GALU MAUALULUGA.
O LOO FAAAUAU LE NOFO VAAVAAIA MO TAFEGA MA LOLOGA.
..FAAMATALAGA E FAATATAU I TULAGA LOULOUA O LE TAU
I LE 3 I LE AOAULI NEI, O TAAVILIGA O MATAGI O WASI SA LATA I LE
170 MAILA I SISIFO-MATU I SISIFO O TUTUILA. O LOO AGA'I LEMU I
SAUTE I SASA'E NEI TAAVILIGA O SAVILI I LE 9 MAILA I LE ITULA. O
NEI TAAVILIGA O MATAGI O LOO FUAFUAINA E TAUNU'U MAI I LUGA O LE
ATUNU'U I LE PO NANEI ONA AGA'I LEA I SAUTE MAMAO ESE MA AMERIKA
SAMOA I LE AOAULI O LE ASO TOONA'I. O LE A FAATUPULA'IA FO'I LE
MALOLOSI O NEI TAAVILIGA O MATAGI O WASI A O AGA'I I LUGA O LE
ATUSAMOA.
FAUTUAGA/TAPENAGA...
O TIMUGA MAMAFA MA LE MALOLOSI O TAFEGA E MAFAI ONA FAATUPULAIA
AI LOLOGA I NOFOAGA MAUALOLO MA AUALA-TELE. FAAMOLEMOLE IA
FAAETEETE I TAIMI O FEMALAGAIGA AE MAISE NOFOAGA E LATA I MAUGA
ONA O LE SUSU O LE ELEELE UA IAI NEI.
UA FAUTUAINA E LE OFISA O TEMCO LE MAMALU LAUTELE INA IA MATAALA
MA IA FAAMAUMAU MEA FALE FAAPEA MEA TAALO A FANAU O LOO TAATITIA
I LE LOTOA.
IA USITAIA FAATONUGA MAI LE OFISA O LE TEMCO MA IA FAALOGOLOGO
PEA I LAU LEITIO PO O LE TV MO LAPATAIGA MA FAUTUAGA, MO
FAAMATALAGA MO TAPENAGA FAAMOLEMOLE FAAFESOOTA'I LE EOC I LE 699-
3800.
..MATAGI
SAVILI E OO I LE 25 MPH O LE A TUMAU SEIA OO I LE AOAULI NEI.
O LE A SI'ISI'I SAVILI I MATAGI MALOLOSI MAI MATU I SISIFO I LE
40 I LE 60 MPH, MA E AGI FAATA'UTA'U I TAIMI E AMATA I LE VAELUAGA
O LE PO. O NEI MATAGI MALOLOSI O LE A TUMAU PEA E OO ATU I LE ASO
TOONA'I, ONA FAAITIITIA AI LEA I LE AOAULI A O AGA'I I SAUTE
TAAVILIGA O MATAGI O WASI.
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