[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 152255
HLSPQ1
GUZ004-160500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SUPER TYPHOON CHOI-WAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST WED SEP 16 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS STILL POSSIBLE AT AGRIHAN...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR RESIDENTS OF AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN. DAMAGING WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AT BOTH AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF SUPER TYPHOON CHOI-WAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.9 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 120 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN...140 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST
OF ALAMAGAN AND 265 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN.

CHOI-WAN IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 160 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
180 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AGRIHAN REMAINS IN TYPHOON CONDITION OF READINESS 1. DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE UNTIL HIGH WINDS HAVE FULLY SUBSIDED.

...WINDS...
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE AT ALAMAGAN AND
AGRIHAN THIS MORNING. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
TYPHOON MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE THREAT OF STORM SURGE HAS PASSED FOR ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN...BUT
SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT 12 TO 16 FEET TODAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR AGRIHAN AND
ALAMAGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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MIDDLEBROOKE





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