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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
919 AM CHST TUE MAY 22 2012

...TROPICAL STORM 03W AFFECTING MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAVE NOW BEEN
ISSUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF THE MARIANAS AND SURROUNDING
WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...GUAM...ROTA AND COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TINIAN...SAIPAN AND COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ALL PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREAS
SHOULD ALREADY HAVE PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS
SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT
SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA.

IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
THE TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
EVENTS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 03W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.1
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT

                   60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM
                  115 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROTA
                  180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN AND
                  195 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN.

TROPICAL STORM 03W IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CENTER OF NEWLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM 03W SOUTHWEST OF GUAM
WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TODAY. GUAM AND ROTA WILL EXPERIENCE THE
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM 03W AS IT PASSES GUAM TO THE SOUTHWEST
AND WEST TODAY...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
OVER GUAM AND ROTA.

...GUAM AND ROTA...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM DAMAGING WINDS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. LOOSE OUTSIDE OBJECTS SHOULD ALREADY
BE STOWED. REMAIN IN SUITABLE SHELTER AGAINST DAMAGING WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN. KEEP AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD AND DRINKING WATER
AVAILABLE UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE TONIGHT. WATER CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN
SECURED AND STAY IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS WILL AFFECT GUAM AND ROTA AND RESPECTIVE COASTAL WATERS
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AT
35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 03W PASSES GUAM TO THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS
AS O3W MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COASTAL INUNDATION OF UP TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ON THE SOUTHERN
COASTS OF GUAM AND ROTA. SURF WILL BUILD FROM 9 TO 11 FEET TO
BETWEEN 12 TO 14 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING ON SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
FACING SHORES. SURF WILL BEGIN TO FALL TONIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 MILES MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT.
FLOODING OF POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

...SAIPAN AND TINIAN

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS...ESPECIALLY IF TROPICAL STORM 03W INTENSIFIES FASTER THAN
EXPECTED OR CHANGES TRACK. FINALIZE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND
RECHECK BASIC SUPPLIES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS LATE
THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. WINDS
INCREASING TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF 03W
TURNS SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE FORECASTED TRACK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT AS O3W
MOVES FARTHER NORTH. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS
REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

GUZ001-002-PMZ151-152-222330-
/X.NEW.PGUM.TR.W.0001.120521T2319Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
919 AM CHST TUE MAY 22 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

$$

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-222330-
/X.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0001.120521T2319Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
919 AM CHST TUE MAY 22 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

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