[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST TUE JUN 12 2012

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W PASSING BETWEEN FARAULEP AND GUAM...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON FAIS...ULITHI...FARAULEP AND YAP ISLAND IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS AND ULITHI IN YAP
STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.5 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT     75 MILES NORTH OF FARAULEP
                 270 MILES EAST OF FAIS
                 335 MILES EAST OF ULITHI
                 435 MILES EAST OF YAP AND
                 260 MILES SOUTH OF GUAM.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS REMAIN AT 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TD 05W IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AND
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF FAIS AND ULITHI SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD AND DRINKING
WATER STORED AND AVAILABLE IN A SHELTER AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND
WHICH CAN WITH STAND STRONG WINDS. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT
PROPERTIES AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
BE AWARE OF FALLING PALM FRONDS AND COCONUTS CAUSED BY POSSIBLE
STRONG WINDS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER SINCE SURF IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT
ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH AND DANGEROUS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM IN
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE STORM CENTER
WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF FAIS AND ULITHI FROM THIS EVENING TO
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING
COULD INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEN DAMAGING
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET COULD INCREASE TO 10 TO 12 FEET BY
TONIGHT AND CLIMB FURTHER TO 12 TO 14 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. SURF COULD
BUILD UP TO 10 TO 12 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INUNDATION OF UP TO 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH
TIDE IS POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHERN AND WESTERN EXPOSURES LATE
TONIGHT...AND ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EXPOSURES ON WEDNESDAY. RIP
CURRENTS WILL BE VERY STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. LOCAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE
AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

...FARAULEP AND YAP...
FARAULEP AND YAP ISLAND ARE NOT UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WATCH OR
WARNING. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS ON FARAULEP SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING AS TD 05W PASSES TO THE NORTH. RESIDENTS
ON YAP ISLAND SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS TD 05W MOVES NORTH OF THE
ISLAND. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL
UNTIL THE WEATHER AND SEAS SETTLE DOWN. SURF COULD BUILD UP TO 9 TO
11 FEET AND MAY CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET DURING THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN AT AROUND 900 AM CHST LATER THIS MORNING...
OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

CHAN




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