[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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GUZ004-032300-
TYPHOON KONG-REY (01W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
3 AM GUAM LST WED APR 4 2007

...TYPHOON KONG-REY MOVING NORTHWARD...

...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 AND PAGAN. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN.

...STORM INFORMATION..
AT 1 AM GUAM LST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON KONG-REY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.3 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 330 MILES NORTH OF GUAM
                    290 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ROTA
                    235 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN
                    100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
                    100 MILES WEST OF PAGAN AND
                    110 MILES-NORTHWEST WEST OF ALAMAGAN.

TYPHOON KONG-REY IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 105 MPH.

TYPHOON KONG-REY HAS TAKEN A MORE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT...ABOUT 10
MPH...IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE ISLANDS OF AGRIHAN
AND PAGAN UNDER THE THREAT OF TYPHOON FORCE WINDS THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...
REMAIN IN SHELTER AS KONG-REY PASSES. SMALL CRAFT STAY IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
ALAMAGAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WILL LAST
UNTIL EARLY THIS MORNING.

PAGAN AND AGRIHAN...DAMAGING WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 74 MPH...TYPHOON
FORCE...MAY OCCUR AS THE TYPHOON PASSES. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND THEN FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.

...COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION (ALL ISLANDS)...
STORM SURGE AND INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FT 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 FT WITH DEADLY RIP
CURRENTS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS (ALL ISLANDS)...
HEAVY RAINS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES MAY PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 9 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER
IF NEEDED. CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM WEATHER AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

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