[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 13W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST TUE SEP 21 2010

...TROPICAL STORM 13W MOVING SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 13W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.0 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT     50 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
                  60 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PAGAN
                 235 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND
                 345 MILES NORTH OF GUAM.

TROPICAL STORM 13W IS MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM 13W IS EXPECTED TO BRING DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE TO AGRIHAN THIS EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS SEAS AND SURF ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

...AGRIHAN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGED. BOATS SHOULD
BE PULLED ASHORE AND TIED DOWN. FIND A SUITABLE SHELTER AGAINST THE
WIND AND RAIN AND REMAIN IN IT UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH TOMORROW MORNING AND TO 20
TO 30 MPH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS AROUND 10 TO 12 FEET WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF 12 TO 14
FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SHORELINES TONIGHT. COASTAL
INUNDATION OF ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS.

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

$$

AYDLETT





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