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TROPICAL STORM EWINIAR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1125 AM GUAM LST SAT JUL 1 2006

...TROPICAL STORM EWINIAR PASSING SOUTHWEST OF NGULU...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF YAP
STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

AS OF 1100 AM GUAM LST...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
YAP. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN
THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 10 AM GUAM LST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EWINIAR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.7 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  15 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NGULU
               75 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
              200 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL
              235 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KOROR
              165 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI
              430 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SONSOROL.

TROPICAL STORM EWINIAR IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 50 MPH.

...YAP...
PREPARATIONS FOR THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. AVOID INTER-ISLAND BOAT TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 50 TO 60 MPH WILL GUST TO 70 MPH AT TIMES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND
DIMINISH TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
EXPECT HAZARDOUS SURF AT HEIGHTS NEAR 9 TO 12 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT
ALONG ALL REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY
THROUGH MONDAY.

...NGULU...
BE PREPARED FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. AVOID INTER-ISLAND BOAT TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 40 TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 55 MPH IN HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH
OVERNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
EXPECT HAZARDOUS SURF AT 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG ALL REEFS THROUGH
TONIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...
RESIDENTS OF KOROR...KAYANGEL AND NEARBY ISLANDS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
AVOID INTER-ISLAND BOAT TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN SHOWERS
THROUGH TONIGHT. BUT IF TROPICAL STORM EWINIAR TAKES A MORE WESTWARD
TRACK THAN EXPECTED...DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE
POSSIBLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL BUILD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS SURF AT HEIGHTS
NEAR 8 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY
THROUGH MONDAY. THESE HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE MUDSLIDES ON KOROR
AND BABELDAOB.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 PM GUAM LST.

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MIDDLEBROOKE




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