[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS (13W) JUST WEST OF NORTHERN CNMI...

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS (13W)
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.7
DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT     75 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
                  75 MILES WEST OF PAGAN
                 225 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND
                 330 MILES NORTH OF GUAM.

TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS (13W) IS MOVING SLOWLY WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 5
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DAMAGING WINDS OF 40
MPH OR MORE TO AGRIHAN THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH WINDS GRADUALLY
SUBSIDING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AS MALAKAS SLOWLY MOVES FARTHER AWAY
FROM AGRIHAN. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS SEAS AND SURF ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT.

...AGRIHAN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY MUST BE COMPLETED AT THIS
TIME. STAY IN SUITABLE SHELTER AGAINST DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN
...AND HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD AND DRINKING WATER UNTIL WINDS
SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY 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 THROUGH TONIGHT. COASTAL
INUNDATION OF ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS LIKELY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LAYING AREAS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 3 AM CHST WEDNESDAY MORNING OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

$$

CHAN




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