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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL (05W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST WED JUN 13 2012

...TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL (05W) NEAR FAIS AND APPROACHING ULITHI...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON FAIS...ULITHI...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 WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR YAP.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 140.7 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT

        10 MILES EAST OF FAIS
        75 MILES EAST OF ULITHI
        180 MILES EAST OF YAP
        375 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM.

TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL IS MOVING WEST AT 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AT FAIS.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF FAIS SHOULD REMAIN IN SHELTERS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
SUBSIDE. RESIDENTS OF ULITHI SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS...REMAIN
INDOORS OR PROCEED TO SECURED SHELTER IF NECESSARY. ADEQUATE FOOD
AND DRINKING WATER SHOULD ALREADY BE STORED AND AVAILABLE. ALL
ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTIES AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS MUST NOW BE COMPLETED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS
SEAS WILL BE ROUGH AND DANGEROUS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL IS APPROACHING FAIS AND ULITHI THIS MORNING.
THE CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO FAIS THIS
MORNING...AND THEN MOVE JUST NORTH OF ULITHI THIS AFTERNOON.
DAMAGING NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SHOWERS
ARE NOW OCCURRING AT FAIS...AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND NOON AT
ULITHI. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST ON
FAIS AROUND NOON...AND BY THIS EVENING ON ULITHI. WINDS SHOULD SHIFT
TO THE SOUTH ON BOTH LOCATIONS LATER THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
NEAR FAIS...OFFSHORE SEAS BETWEEN 10 AND 13 FEET COULD PRODUCE SURF
OF 10 TO 13 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR
ULITHI...OFFSHORE SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10
AND 13 BY THIS AFTERNOON...SURF COULD BUILD TO 10 TO 13 FEET ON
EXPOSED SHORES THIS MORNING AND COULD LAST THROUGH TONIGHT.
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHERN
AND WESTERN EXPOSURES THIS MORNING...AND ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
EXPOSURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE
THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM LATER
THIS MORNING INTO THURSDAY. LOCAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN
POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. ALSO...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
COULD STILL OCCUR AFTER THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR YAP ISLAND. RESIDENTS
OF YAP SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS AND REMAIN INDOORS OR PROCEED TO
SECURED SHELTER IF NECESSARY. ADEQUATE FOOD AND DRINKING WATER
SHOULD ALREADY BE STORED AND AVAILABLE. ALL ACTION TO PROTECT
PROPERTIES AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS
SHOULD BE COMPLETE. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT LEAST
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS SEAS WILL BE ROUGH AND DANGEROUS.
CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL
AND KEEP INFORMED WITH THE LATEST STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE YAP...OR THE YAP DISASTER
COORDINATION OFFICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO
25 MPH AROUND NOON TODAY. WINDS THEN WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND
INCREASE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN
SHOWERS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING AS
TROPICAL STORM GUCHOL PASSES JUST NORTH OF THE ISLAND.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 5 AND 8 FEET WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 THIS
AFTERNOON. SURF COULD BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES THIS
AFTERNOON AND COULD LAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2
FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHERN AND WESTERN
EXPOSURES THIS MORNING...AND ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EXPOSURES
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY STRONG AND
LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR YAP
ISLAND FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

KLEESCHULTE





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