[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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Mon Nov 26 11:01:27 CST 2012


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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST TUE NOV 27 2012

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS SLOWLY MOVING WEST-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...CHUUK
LAGOON ISLANDS AND PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI
STATE AND LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS 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 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 4.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 155.1 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  65 MILES NORTH OF NUKUORO
               95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR
              215 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP
              260 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI
              290 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK AND
              445 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PULUWAT.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH
BUT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN MORE TO THE WEST WITH A SLIGHT
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 35 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM THIS
MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE RANGE OF
40 TO 50 MPH WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE CENTER OF TD 26W DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS AS TD 26W MOVES SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST. VERY HIGH TIDES DUE
TO THE FULL MOON WILL ADD TO ANY INUNDATION PROBLEMS IN THE COMING
DAYS AS 26W INTENSIFIES.

...NUKUORO...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE
ATTEMPTED UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SETTLED DOWN. REMAIN IN SHELTER
THIS MORNING OR UNTIL WINDS HAVE SETTLED DOWN. KEEP INFORMED ON THE
LATEST BULLETINS FROM POHNPEI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDE
TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATER TODAY. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH FURTHER THIS EVENING AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W CONTINUES
TO MOVE AWAY.

...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...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

...LUKUNOR AND NEARBY ISLANDS...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE
ATTEMPTED UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SETTLED DOWN. SEEK SUITABLE
SHELTER FIRST THING THIS MORNING. PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS
SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS MORNING. REMAIN IN SHELTER THROUGH TONIGHT.
KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM CHUUK EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY INCREASE
TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING
AND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL
PASS VERY 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 ALL REEFS. 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...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM CHUUK EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AVOID
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL TO ISLANDS TOWARD THE SOUTH. IF THE TRACK OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W SHIFTS JUST A LITTLE NORTHWARD...A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LOSAP AND CHUUK LAGOON. PRACTICE
YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN AND GO OVER SUPPLIES TO MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. IDENTIFY A SUITABLE
SHELTER IN CASE IT BECOMES NECESSARY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL SLOWLY TURN TOWARD THE
EAST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST
AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
WAVES GENERATED BY TD 26W WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET WEDNESDAY 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.

...PULUWAT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM CHUUK EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 26W IS EXPECTED TO TRACK FAIRLY CLOSE TO PULUWAT EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER
THIS MORNING.

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

$$

ZIOBRO





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