[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
400 PM CHST MON OCT 26 2009

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W MOVING TOWARD THE MARIANAS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN.

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...
ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.6 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 400 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM AND 385 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE MARIANAS
ISLANDS ON TUESDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST. SEEK AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. MARINERS SHOULD
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING.

GUZ001>004-PMZ151>154-270600-
/X.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0005.091026T0600Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
400 PM CHST MON OCT 26 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT BE CAUGHT UNPREPARED. ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTIONS FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. SECURE
LOOSE OUSIDE OBJECTS OR BRING THEM INSIDE. BOAT OWNERS AND
CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SECURE THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY EVENING AS 23W MOVES THROUGH THE MARIANAS. WIND
DIRECTION AND SPEED AT EACH ISLAND WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK
OF 23W. SEE THE LATEST ZONE AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST
DETAILS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE. SURF
WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON WINDWARD EXPOSURES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH
LOCAL FLOODING POSSIBLE.

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE




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