[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST MON NOV 26 2012

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE IN NUKUORO ATOLL AND SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) ATOLL IN POHNPEI
STATE...AND LUKUNOR AND ITS SURROUNDING ATOLLS...LOSAP AND CHUUK
LAGOON ISLANDS IN CHUUK STATE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI
STATE AND LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR LOSAP AND FOR CHUUK LAGOON ISLANDS IN CHUUK STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS WHILE
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 4.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 156.4 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 100 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO
              130 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK)
              190 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR
              220 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI
              310 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP
              380 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH.
THIS GENERAL MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 35 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE
RANGE OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITHIN 100 MILES OF TD 26W DURING THE NEXT 12
TO 24 HOURS AS TD 26W MOVES SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST. THE
NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE A PERIOD OF VERY HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE FULL
MOON AND INUNDATION PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE COMING DAYS AS 26W
INTENSIFIES.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN NUKUORO TONIGHT AND
LUKUNOR AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS/ATOLLS ON TUESDAY. SURF WILL BECOME
DANGEROUSLY HIGH ALONG WINDWARD COASTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY
STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT OR BE
SECURED. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OUTSIDE CHUUK LAGOON OR SOUTH OF
POHNPEI SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED.

...NUKUORO...

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE
TO 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
TOMORROW. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND SLOWLY WEAKEN LATE
TOMORROW MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
WAVES GENERATED BY TD 26W WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET AND WILL CAUSE
SURF TO BUILD ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SHORES. INUNDATION OF 2 TO
3 FEET IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE FROM THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.

...LUKUNOR AND NEARBY ISLANDS...

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING WILL SLOWLY INCREASE
TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY EVENING AND
WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN WEDNESDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL
PASS CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN MORTLOCKS AND THE CENTER OR EYE COULD
PASS ACROSS SOME OF THE ISLANDS. IF STRONG WINDS ARE FOLLOWED BY A
RAPID REDUCTION IN WIND SPEED...DO NOT GO FAR FROM SHELTERS AS
STRONG WINDS COULD PICK UP AGAIN VERY RAPIDLY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
WAVES GENERATED BY TD 26W WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET AND WILL CAUSE
SURF TO BUILD ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SHORES. INUNDATION OF 4 TO
5 FEET IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE AND STORM SURGE WILL AFFECT ALL
EXPOSURES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.

...LOSAP AND CHUUK LAGOON ISLANDS...

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING WILL SLOWLY INCREASE TO
35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO
WEAKEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
WAVES GENERATED BY TD 26W WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET AND WILL CAUSE
SURF TO BUILD ALONG EASTERN AND SOUTHERN REEF EXPOSURES. INUNDATION
OF 1 TO 2 FEET COULD OCCUR AT HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. AT THIS TIME...MUDSLIDES ARE NOT EXPECTED ON THE HIGH
ISLANDS OF CHUUK LAGOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 900 PM CHST TONIGHT.

$$

GUARD/SIMPSON





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