[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST WED APR 6 2011

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W QUICKLY MOVING TOWARDS ALAMAGAN...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND
ALAMAGAN ISLANDS IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.2 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT
            170 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
            140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN ISLAND
            130 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
            155 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND
            235 MILES NORTH OF GUAM.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W COULD INTENSIFY INTO A TROPICAL STORM EARLY
THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES QUICKLY EAST-NORTHEAST...WITH THE CENTER
PASSING BETWEEN GUGUAN AND ALAMAGAN AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING...
POSSIBLY AS A 40 MPH TROPICAL STORM.

...AGRIHAN/PAGAN/ALAMAGAN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETE.
REMAIN IN A SUITABLE SHELTER AGAINST DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY AROUND 4
AM. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AFTER THE CENTER PASSES AROUND 7
AM...AND DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND 10 AM WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF 12 TO 14 FEET
CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SHORELINES THIS MORNING. INUNDATION OF
ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING
OF POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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

$$

STANKO





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