[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON CHOI LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
242 PM CHST MON SEP 14 2009

...TYPHOON CHOI-WAN INTENSIFYING EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN TINIAN...SAIPAN AND NORTHERN
ISLANDS IN THE 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.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS
TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED...AND TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS
OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...TYPHOON CHOI-WAN WAS CENTERED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 147.9 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 155 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN...185
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN...255 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...215
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA AND 265 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 85 MPH. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 180 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TYPHOON CHOI-WAN
IS MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 6 MPH. THE TYPHOON IS EXPECTED TO PASS
NORTH OF SAIPAN...WITH THE EYE MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO
SAIPAN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON 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 TONIGHT AROUND 9 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.

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TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
242 PM CHST MON SEP 14 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE EYE OF TYPHOON CHOI-WAN IS NOW CLEARLY EVIDENT ON BOTH VISUAL
AND INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY AND BEGINNING TO MOVE WITHIN RANGE
OF THE GUAM WEATHER RADAR. THIS MEANS THE MOVEMENT OF THE TYPHOON
WILL BE TRACKED WITH GREATER ACCURACY. CHOI-WAN IS A CATEGORY ONE
TYPHOON AND IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO A CATEGORY TWO TYPHOON...
WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH...AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE ISLANDS.

THE TYPHOON WILL PASS CLOSE TO SAIPAN TONIGHT. HOWEVER...TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT TINIAN AND SAIPAN UNLESS A
MAJOR CHANGE IN FORWARD MOTION OCCURS. FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE A SLIGHT TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST...WITH THE TYPHOON
PASSING THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NEAR ANATAHAN LATE TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR TINIAN...SAIPAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN...THE GOVERNOR OF THE
CNMI HAS DECLARED TROPICAL STORM CONDITION ONE FOR ISLANDS IN THE
CNMI FROM TINIAN NORTHWARD TO AGRIHAN. THIS INCLUDES SAIPAN. 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.

&&

...WINDS...
AS CHOI-WAN PASSES SLOWLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS...SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN...WIND DIRECTIONS WILL BE
NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...TURN WEST TONIGHT THEN SOUTHWEST TUESDAY.
FOR ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN... WIND DIRECTIONS WILL BE NORTHEAST THIS
EVENING...TURN EAST TONIGHT THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON ALL FOUR ISLANDS. WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO NEAR TYPHOON FORCE AT SAIPAN AND
ALAMAGAN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE AND INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS
POSSIBLE AS CHOI-WAN PASSES...WITH HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 12 FEET
ALONG WEST FACING REEFS THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 13 TO 16 FEET
TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM TODAY.

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

$$

MUNDELL



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