[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON CHOI-WAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST TUE SEP 15 2009

...TYPHOON CHOI-WAN NEARING ALAMAGAN...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON SAIPAN...AGRIHAN...AND ALAMAGAN IN THE CNMI AND
SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 MILES.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...TYPHOON CHOI-WAN WAS CENTERED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.4 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 40 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN...105 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...AND 165 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF
SAIPAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 145 MPH. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

TYPHOON CHOI-WAN IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH...AND IS EXPECTED
TO PASS OVER ALAMAGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON CHOI-WAN CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS OF AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN. STAY INFORMED
AND LISTEN FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. SEEK
INFORMATION FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. MARINERS
SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST.

&&

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SAIPAN-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
300 PM CHST TUE SEP 15 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...

...NEW INFORMATION...
INTENSIFYING TYPHOON CHOI-WAN IS APPROACHING ALAMAGAN...AND THE
EYE OF THE TYPHOON WILL LIKELY PASS OVER THE ISLAND BETWEEN 4 PM
AND 7 PM.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF ALAMAGAN ISLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A DIRECT HIT
FROM TYPHOON CHOI-WAN IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH WINDS
RISING TO OVER 120 MPH. STAY IN YOUR SHELTER!

ON AGRIHAN...WINDS WILL RISE TO TYPHOON FORCE THIS EVENING AS THE
TYPHOON PASSES NEARBY SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND. REMAIN IN A SAFE
SHELTER THROUGHOUT THE STORM.

RESIDENTS OF SAIPAN SHOULD MAKE SURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED...AS TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT.

&&

...WINDS...
WINDS AT ALAMAGAN ARE ALREADY AT TYPHOON FORCE...AND MAY RISE TO
120 MPH OR HIGHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AS THE EYE PASSES
OVER. SUCH WINDS ARE LIFE-THREATENING AND WOULD RESULT IN NEAR-
TOTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WINDS AT AGRIHAN WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND RISE TO 75 MPH OR MORE
BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST
AND SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...DECREASING TO 50 TO 55 MPH BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ON SAIPAN...WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AT
TIMES THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
FOR AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN...A STORM SURGE OF 12 FEET OR MORE IS
POSSIBLE AS CHOI-WAN PASSES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AT SAIPAN...A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS
POSSIBLE...WITH HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 11 FEET ALONG WEST FACING
REEFS THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE
IS EXPECTED AROUND 6 PM TODAY...WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE TIME OF
CLOSEST APPROACH TO ALAMAGAN.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH STORM TOTALS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AT SAIPAN AND 6 TO 10 INCHES AT ALAMAGAN
AND AGRIHAN.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 9 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE




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