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WTPQ81 PGUM 030023
HLSPQ1
GUZ001-002-003-004-030500-
TYPHOON KONG-REY (01W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
11 AM GUAM LST TUE APR 2 2007

...TYPHOON KONG-REY'S MOVING AWAY FROM TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

THE TYPHOON WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN AS
OF 10AM.

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR AGRIHAN.


...STORM INFORMATION..

AT 9 AM GUAM LST...2300Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON KONG-REY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.7 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 195 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GUAM
                    140 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
                     75 MILES NORTH OF TINIAN
                     70 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN
                    185 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN
                    140 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
                    110 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN.

TYPHOON KONG-REY IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 MPH.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD NOW BE COMPLETE TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
REMAIN IN SHELTER TODAY AS KONG-REY PASSES. SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN
PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
PAGAN/ALAMAGAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WILL BEGIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND GUSTS
TO TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING AS THE
TYPHOON PASSES.

AGRIHAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BEGIN THIS EVENING
AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD OCCUR FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION...
STORM SURGE AND INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED AS KONG-REY
PASSES BY. THE WORST INUNDATION WILL BE DURING HIGH TIDE PERIODS.
SURF WILL BE 14-18 FEET WITH DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES MAY PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING ON TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY.

...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

...COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION...
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET COULD OCCUR...WITH THE WORST INUNDATION
DURING HIGH TIDE PERIODS. SURF WILL BE 12-16 FEET WITH DEADLY RIP
CURRENTS. FOR INFORMATION ON HAZARDOUS SURF...
SEE THE MARIANAS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE UNDER WMO HEADER WHMY40
PGUM.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY REPLACES THE
CANCELLATION OF THE TYPHOON WARNING. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS
AS SEAS IN EXCESS OF 10 FEET STILL EXIST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR
UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BULLETINS. FOR GUAM AND ROTA...NOAA
WEATHER RADIO IS BROADCAST AT 162.40 MHZ AND IS AVAILABLE ON GUAM BY
CALLING 211. ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AT
162.55 MHZ OR ON YOUR LOCAL CABLE TV.

$$

GUARD/EDSON





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