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

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM...

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

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

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 05W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.2 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT

        135 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARAULEP
        180 MILES EAST OF FAIS
        245 MILES EAST OF ULITHI
        350 MILES EAST OF YAP AND
        260 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM.

TROPICAL STORM 05W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 40 MPH. TROPICAL STORM 05W
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF FAIS AND ULITHI SHOULD COMPLETE OUTDOOR PREPARATIONS
FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEFORE NIGHTFALL. WEATHER ON FAIS AND
ULITHI WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AS THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS OF THIS SYSTEM ARRIVE. RESIDENTS ON THESE ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE
ADEQUATE FOOD AND DRINKING WATER ALREADY STORED AND AVAILABLE IN A
SHELTER LOCATED AWAY FROM THE SHORE. THE SHELTER SHOULD BE STURDY
AND CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING STRONG WINDS. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO
PROTECT PROPERTIES AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. BE AWARE THAT FALLING PALM FRONDS AND COCONUTS CAN BE
CAUSED BY STRONG WINDS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER. 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 STORM 05W WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW CLOSER TO FAIS AND ULITHI
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF FAIS TOMORROW AROUND NOON AND NORTH OF
ULITHI LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. DAMAGING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS IN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET COULD INCREASE TO BETWEEN 6 AND 9
FEET TONIGHT AND CLIMB FURTHER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 13 FEET ON
WEDNESDAY. SURF COULD BUILD UP TO 10 TO 13 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3
FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE ALONG EASTERN AND NORTHERN
EXPOSURES LATE TONIGHT...AND ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EXPOSURES ON
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL COULD OCCUR AFTER THIS
SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY.

...YAP...
YAP ISLAND REMAINS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WATCH. RESIDENTS OF YAP
SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM
05W AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...WEATHER SERVICE YAP OR THE YAP DISASTER
COORDINATION OFFICE. RESIDENTS ON YAP ISLAND SHOULD PREPARE FOR
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN SHOWERS ON
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS TD 05W PASSES NORTH OF THE ISLAND.
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES COULD AFFECT YAP ON WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND DO NOT ATTEMPT
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL THE WEATHER AND SEAS SETTLE DOWN. SURF
COULD BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 11 FEET WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS MAY CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

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

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MCELROY/GUARD





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