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

...TROPICAL STORM 27W APPROACHING KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE THREAT OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS ENDED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 27W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 7.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 135.6 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT  150 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
                      80 MILES EAST OF KOROR
                      85 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL AND
                     235 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAP.

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

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD
BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO
20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 11 FEET ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING BY
AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE AN INCH OR
TWO OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE. DAMAGING
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY LATE THIS MORNING. STAY IN SUITABLE
SHELTER AGAINST DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. WATER CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN SECURED AND STAY IN PORT. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL
IN SMALL CRAFT UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS MORNING...WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH TO
BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS. A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE AT KOROR...AND
3 TO 5 INCHES ON KAYANGEL. LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING
AND POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

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