problem with continuity

confused

i have modelled a cylinder with rod bundles inside. The model is as follows

-------outlet------

[www rod bundles ww]

[wwwwww are wwww]

[www placed wwwww]

[www inside wwwww]

inlet----> wwwwwww]

[wwwwwwwwwwww]

[wwwwwwwwwwww]

[wwwwwwwwwwww]

---Blockage---

First let me explain the shabby pic i have made. Its a tank which shows the inlet, outlet and blockage. Brackets are the computational domain. wwww indicates water.

Inlet area is much smaller than Outlet. I give a velocity of .002 m/s at inlet, but outlet velocities are much higher: around 10 orders of magnitude higher! How is this possible? I have used elliptic staggered.