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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 23W LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
930 AM CHST TUE OCT 27 2009

...CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 23W APPROACHING ROTA...

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 23W WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR 14.3 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 145.4 DEGREES EAST
LONGITUDE...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTA. TROPICAL STORM 23W
WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH...AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF
ROTA BY 10 AM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED
FOR ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN AS TROPICAL STORM 23W PASSES THROUGH
THE MARIANAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF 23W...GUAM
WILL SEE WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. MAKE SURE
LOOSE OUTSIDE OBJECTS ARE SECURED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD BE SECURED IN PORT. LISTEN FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

GUZ001-PMZ151-272330-
/X.CON.PGUM.TR.A.0005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-
930 AM CHST TUE OCT 27 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.
PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM 23W SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH
TO 15 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT.

...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...
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-272330-
/X.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
930 AM CHST TUE OCT 27 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ROTA IS IN TROPICAL STORM CONDITION OF READINESS 1. TAKE ALL
APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AS DIRECTED BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE
AND YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS PLANS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE...AS DAMAGING WINDS OF 45 TO
55 MPH ARE IMMINENT ON ROTA. REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF THIS MORNING...SHIFTING TO SOUTH AT 30 TO
40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND SUBSIDE TO
20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED. SURF
WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON ALL EXPOSURES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-272330-
/X.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
930 AM CHST TUE OCT 27 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AS OF 530 AM TINIAN AND SAIPAN ARE IN TROPICAL STORM CONDITION OF
READINESS 1. TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AS DIRECTED BY THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS
PLANS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE. SECURE LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS OR BRING THEM INSIDE. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL WINDS
SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
BECOMING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED. SURF
WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON WINDWARD EXPOSURES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE



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