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101 WTZS81 NSTU 100511 HLSZS1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL CYCLONE GITA - LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 711 PM HST Fri Feb 9 2018 ...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE AS GITA MOVES FARTHER SOUTHEAST... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM GITA CURRENT POSITION AND IMPACTS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR ALL OF AMERICAN SAMOA. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF AMERICAN SAMOA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AMERICAN SAMOA. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SHORES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AMERICAN SAMOA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 600 PM SST...BASED ON SATELLITE ANALYSIS FROM WFO HONOLULU THE CENTER POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM GITA WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.8S LATITUDE AND 168.9W LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TUTUILA. GITA IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 55 MPH. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND RUNOFFS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW... RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. PLEASE TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD 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 AROUND 1 AM SST SATURDAY...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ASZ001>003-101715- TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-SWAINS- 611 PM SST Fri Feb 9 2018 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA... ...WINDS... WINDS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN AS TROPICAL STORM GITA SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD AND AWAY FROM TUTUILA. STRONG WINDS...HOWEVER...WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE REMAIN LIKELY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...MAINLY IN AND AROUND BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS. STRONG WINDS AND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDES... ROUGH MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY DUE TO LARGE SEAS AND STRONG WINDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 FEET RANGE OVERNIGHT...12 TO 18 FEET SATURDAY MORNING...THEN 10 TO 15 FEET LATE SATURDAY. SOME COASTAL INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS REMAINS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY DURING AND AROUND HIGH TIDE CYCLES. ...INLAND FLOODING... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN. && $$ GIBBS