[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST SUN DEC 2 2012

...SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) HEADING ON A TRACK TOWARDS THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE IN KOROR AND NEARBY ISLANDS INCLUDING ANGAUR...PELELIU...
BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL AND SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND
FOR NGULU ATOLL IN YAP STATE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SONSOROL IN THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

THE TYPHOON WATCH FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE HAS BEEN CANCELED.

THE TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS AND THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING WINDS
GREATER THAN 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE EYE OF SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 6.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.0 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
              230 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
              190 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR
              200 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL AND
              335 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SONSOROL.

SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH.
TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS SAME GENERAL MOTION
THROUGH MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 150 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST.
THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES BOPHA BETWEEN THE ISLAND OF PELELIU AND
KOROR. HOWEVER...THE AREA FROM ANGAUR TO KAYANGEL IS AT GREAT RISK
FOR VERY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND WAVES. THE TYPHOON IS A HIGH-END
CATEGORY 4 SUPER TYPHOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AS HIGH AS 150 MPH.
WIND GUSTS CAN BE AS HIGH AS 180 MPH.

...KOROR FROM ANGAUR TO NORTHERN BABELDAOB...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CONCRETE STRUCTURE AT LEAST 25 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL. MOST WOOD AND METAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE AFFECTED WITH THESE
WINDS WILL SUFFER EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OR COULD BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE COMPLETED. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 12 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS FROM NORTHERN
BABELDAOB IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH. THE LAST MAJOR
TYPHOON TO HIT PALAU WAS SUPER TYPHOON MIKE IN 1990 AND IT PASSED
NEAR KAYANGEL...SPARING KOROR AND MUCH OF PALAU. DO NOT
UNDERESTIMATE THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF TYPHOON-STRENGTH WINDS.
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAVE ENOUGH
FOOD AND WATER TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM. POWER WILL
LIKELY BE OUT FOR SOME TIME. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. KOROR AND SURROUNDING
AREAS OF PALAU HAVE BEEN PLACED IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1 (COR 1)
AS OF 1 PM PALAU TIME (04 UTC).

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR
FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 AM AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH MID
MORNING MONDAY. FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE EYE...WIND DIRECTION WILL
BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AS BOPHA APPROACHES...FROM THE EAST AS IT
PASSES AND FROM THE SOUTHEAST AFTER IT PASSES. FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH
OF THE EYE...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH...CHANGING TO THE
NORTHWEST AS BOPHA APPROACHES AND TO THE SOUTHWEST AS BOPHA PASSES.
NEAR THE EYE...WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG AND THE DIRECTION WILL BE
VARIABLE. DO NOT VENTURE FAR FROM SHELTERS IF THE EYE PASSES
OVERHEAD AND WINDS WEAKEN TEMPORARILY. IF THE STORM STAYS ON ITS
CURRENT TRACK... PELELIU AND ANGAUR WILL BE NEAR OR IN THE EYE WHILE
KOROR WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE NORTHERN EYEWALL...SUSTAINED WINDS
COULD BE AS HIGH AS 150 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 180 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG COASTAL SHORES IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 16 TO 20 FEET OR HIGHER THIS EVENING AND WILL FURTHER
INCREASE TO OVER 25 FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE EYE WALL CLOUD.
INUNDATION COULD EXCEED 20 FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND MONDAY WITH 8 TO 10
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

...KAYANGEL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CONCRETE STRUCTURE IF POSSIBLE AWAY FROM EASTERN
COASTAL EXPOSURES AT LEAST. SOME INUNDATION AND ISLAND OVERWASH IS
EXPECTED. WOOD AND METAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE
EXPECTED WINDS WILL SUFFER SEVERE DAMAGE OR COULD BE DESTROYED.
PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 12 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS FROM NORTHERN
BABELDAOB TO KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH. THE LAST MAJOR TYPHOON TO HIT
PALAU WAS SUPER TYPHOON MIKE IN 1990 AND IT PASSED NEAR OR OVER
KAYANGEL CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE
DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF TYPHOON-STRENGTH WINDS. KEEP INFORMED
OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER TO LAST
SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM. POWER WILL LIKELY BE OUT FOR SOME
TIME. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE. KOROR AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF PALAU INCLUDING
KAYANGEL HAVE BEEN PLACED IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1 (COR 1) AS OF
1 PM PALAU TIME (04 UTC).

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR
SHOWERS THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE BY THIS EVENING...AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL BE NORTH...
CHANGING TO EAST AS THE STORM APPROACHES AND TO SOUTHEAST AFTER IT
PASSES. WINDS SHOULD BE LESS THAN NEARER KOROR.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG COASTAL SHORES IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 12 TO 16 FEET OR HIGHER THIS EVENING. SURF AS HIGH AS 20
FEET COULD OCCUR AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS MAY CAUSE
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 5 TO 7 FEET. THIS COULD BE HIGHER IF BOPHA
MOVES FARTHER NORTH THAN FORECAST.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND MONDAY WITH 6 TO 10
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY.

...NGULU...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THE TYPHOON WATCH
FOR NGULU HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...EXPECT HIGH SURF ON SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN EXPOSURES. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND
TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND OCCASIONALLY TOMORROW IN SHOWERS..

...SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 15 FEET
TONIGHT AND COULD BECOME. SURF SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY.

...SONSOROL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY
AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BECOME A LITTLE STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE
WESTWARD TRACK. WINDS AT SONSOROL WILL MOST LIKELY TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST THEN TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 6 TO 9 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SHORES THIS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SURF MAY BUILD TO 10 TO
15 FEET MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND COULD CAUSE 1 TO 3 FEET OF
COASTAL INUNDATION. SURF COULD BECOME A LITTLE HIGHER IF BOPHA TAKES
A MORE WESTWARD TRACK OR THE WIND FIELD EXPANDS SIGNIFICANTLY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. RAINFALL WILL
INCREASE MONDAY WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE
ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT FOR SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 900 PM CHST TONIGHT...OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

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