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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1125 AM CHST SAT OCT 26 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SAIPAN...
TINIAN...
* UNTIL 300 PM CHST.
* AT 1125 AM CHST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND POOR DRAINAGE FROM
PREVIOUS RAINFALL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GARAPAN, DANDAN, CHINA TOWN, TANAPAG, AS MAHETOG, KOBLERVILLE, SAN
JOSE (TINIAN MUNICIPALITY), CHALAN KANOA I, SAN ANTONIO, CHALAN
KANOA II, CHALAN KANOA III, SAN ROQUE, KAGMAN, CHALAN KANOA IV,
KAGMAN III, GUALO RAI, AFETNAS, CHALAN PIAO, FANANGANAN AND CHALAN
LAULAU.
RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY, BUT SATURATED
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE IT VERY SLOW FOR WATER TO DRAIN AWAY FROM
LOW-LYING AREAS AND CERTAIN ROADS AND STREETS. CONTINUE TO PRACTICE
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND AVOID CLOSED OR FLOODED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 1503 14556 1513 14563 1511 14567 1526 14569
1527 14571 1526 14573 1531 14580 1531 14582
1526 14585 1520 14580 1514 14581 1513 14578
1507 14576 1508 14570 1511 14566 1504 14567
1500 14570 1493 14568 1490 14563 1501 14556
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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