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TYPHOON KONG-REY (01W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
3 PM GUAM LST TUE APR 3 2007

...TYPHOON KONG-REY PASSING WEST OF ALAMAGAN ISLAND...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR AGRIHAN (INCLUDING PAGAN AND
ALAMAGAN).

...STORM INFORMATION..

AT 1 PM GUAM LST...0300Z...THE EYE OF TYPHOON KONG-REY WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR AND SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 145.5 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 230 MILES NORTH OF GUAM
                    180 MILES NORTH OF ROTA
                    120 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TINIAN
                    110 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN
                    145 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
                    100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN
                     75 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN.

TYPHOON KONG-REY IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 85 MPH. TYPHOON KONG-REY IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUT TO 35 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUT TO 120 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER AND
OUT TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

...WIND INFORMATION...
ALAMAGAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING AND WILL
LAST UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 74 MPH (TYPHOON FORCE)
MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE TYPHOON PASSES. WINDS
WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST...THEN SOUTH...THEN SOUTHWEST.

PAGAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR WILL BEGIN
SOON AND WILL LAST UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND GUSTS
TO 74 MPH (TYPHOON FORCE) MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING AND NIGHT AS THE
TYPHOON PASSES. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST...THEN...SOUTH...THEN
SOUTHWEST.

AGRIHAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BEGIN THIS EVENING
AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 74 MPH
(TYPHOON FORCE) MAY OCCUR THIS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
AS THE TYPHOON PASSES. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST...THEN OUT OF
THE SOUTH...THEN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS (ALL ISLANDS)...
HEAVY RAINS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES MAY PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-DAY WEDNESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 8 PM THIS EVENING.
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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