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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 27W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST THU DEC 15 2011

...TROPICAL STORM 27W NEARING KOROR...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU...AND
NGULU IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NGULU IN YAP STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 27W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 6.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.0 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT  105 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
                     180 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL AND
                     180 MILES EAST OF KOROR AND
                     195 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH. TROPICAL STORM 27W IS MOVING
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL BRING THE CENTER OF 27W
VERY CLOSE TO KOROR LATER THIS MORNING.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE. DAMAGING
WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE IN HEAVY SHOWERS THIS MORNING. REMAIN IN
SUITABLE SHELTER AGAINST DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
UNTIL AROUND DAWN...MAINLY IN SHOWERS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM 27W PASSES TO THE SOUTH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE LATER
THIS MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 12 FEET ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN
THIS MORNING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE. DAMAGING
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING. AUTOMOBILES AND
GENERATORS SHOULD ALREADY BE FUELED. STAY IN SUITABLE SHELTER
AGAINST DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD
AND DRINKING WATER SHOULD REMAIN AVAILABLE UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.
WATER CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN SECURED AND STAY IN PORT. DO NOT ATTEMPT
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL ON SMALL CRAFT UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AT 35 TO 45 MPH NEAR SUNRISE THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND NOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO
BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS BY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 13 FEET ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS. A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET
ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. LOCAL
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ON THIS MORNING AT 9 AM CHST.

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE





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