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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
539 AM CHST MON SEP 14 2009

CORRECTED TO ADD SURF HEIGHTS TO STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE
DISCUSSION SECTION

...TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN APPROACHING THE NORTHERN MARIANAS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN TINIAN...SAIPAN AND THE NORTHERN
CNMI AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 45 MILES.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
TINIAN...SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN WAS CENTERED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.4 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 275 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
              210 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
              190 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN
              245 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTA AND
              295 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN IS
MOVING WEST AT 7 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES
THE NORTHERN MARIANAS. HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH SURF WILL POUND LOCAL
REEFS AND BEACHES. HIGH WINDS WILL BLOW AWAY LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT
OUTDOORS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR TINIAN...SAIPAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN...NOW IS THE TIME TO
RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY. SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AS DESCRIBED BY YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN THIS MORNING AROUND 9 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
539 AM CHST MON SEP 14 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS FORECASTED TO
CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR ITS CURRENT SPEED.
THIS MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A TIN-ROOF HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
SAIPAN...TINIAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED IN
TROPICAL STORM CONDITION OF READINESS 2 BY THE SAIPAN EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE AS OF 3 AM.

&&

...WINDS...
AS CHOI-WAN PASSES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL
OCCUR BETWEEN MID AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. FOR TINIAN
AND SAIPAN...WIND DIRECTIONS WILL BE NORTHWEST TODAY...TURN WEST
TONIGHT THEN SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY. FOR ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN...
WIND DIRECTIONS WILL BE NORTHEAST TODAY...TURN EAST TONIGHT THEN
SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ON ALL FOUR ISLANDS. WINDS COULD GUST TO NEAR TYPHOON
FORCE MOST LIKELY AT SAIPAN AND ALAMAGAN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE AND INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS
EXPECTED AS CHOI-WAN PASSES...WITH HAZARDOUS SURF OF 7 TO 11 FEET
ALONG WEST FACING REEFS THIS MORNING BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FEET BY
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED AT 5 PM
TODAY...WHICH IS NEAR THE FORECAST TIME OF CLOSEST APPROACH. THIS
COULD INCREASE THE EFFECTS OF INUNDATION AND CAUSE MORE PROPERTY
DAMAGE ALONG COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5
TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING.

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