[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Tue Nov 27 10:36:09 CST 2012

WTPQ81 PGUM 271635
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BOPHA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST WED NOV 28 2012

...TROPICAL STORM BOPHA (26W) NEARLY STATIONARY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE IN NUKUORO ATOLL IN POHNPEI STATE...AND FOR LUKUNOR AND ITS
SURROUNDING ATOLLS...LOSAP...CHUUK LAGOON ISLANDS AND PULUWAT IN
CHUUK STATE. RESIDENTS OF SATAWAL SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM BOPHA...AS A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE
REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

...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...CHUUK LAGOON ISLANDS AND PULUWAT 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 STORM BOPHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 4.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 155.2 DEGREES
EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  55 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO
              105 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR
              225 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP
              255 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI
              300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK AND
              455 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PULUWAT.

TROPICAL STORM BOPHA REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BOPHA REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT IS EXPECTED
RESUME A WESTWARD MOTION LATER THIS MORNING WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED. BOPHA IS AT ITS CLOSEST EXPECTED DISTANCE OF
NUKUORO THIS MORNING...AND IS PREDICTED TO PASS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH
OF LUKUNOR THIS AFTERNOON.

...NUKUORO...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL WINDS HAVE
DECREASED. KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM POHNPEI
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE MINOR FLOODING OF SOME BUILDINGS AND A
NUMBER OF DOWNED BANANA PLANTS. KEEP IN MIND THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
MOST LIKELY YET TO COME TODAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND
DIMINISH FURTHER THURSDAY AS TROPICAL STORM BOPHA MOVES FURTHER AWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM BOPHA IS GENERATING 8 TO 10 FOOT SWELL WHICH WILL
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
SHORES. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE DAY.

...LUKUNOR AND NEARBY ISLANDS...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. REMAIN IN SHELTER THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM CHUUK EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY
INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATER THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST BY THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY
WEAKEN THURSDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM BOPHA IS GENERATING 10 TO 12 FOOT SWELL NEAR THE
CENTER WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SURF OF 12 TO 14 FEET ALONG
NORTHEASTERN... EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHORES. INUNDATION OF 2 TO
3 FEET IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE...AND STORM SURGE WILL AFFECT ALL
EXPOSURES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...LOSAP AND CHUUK LAGOON ISLANDS...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM THE CHUUK EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AVOID
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL TO ISLANDS TOWARD THE SOUTH. IF THE TRACK OF
TROPICAL STORM BOPHA SHIFTS 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 IS
NEEDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY TURN TOWARD
THE EAST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN
HEAVIER SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
WAVES GENERATED BY TROPICAL STORM BOPHA WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO
12 FEET ALONG EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SHORES. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET
COULD OCCUR AT HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. MUDSLIDES ARE NOT EXPECTED ON THE HIGH ISLANDS OF CHUUK
LAGOON.

...PULUWAT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM THE CHUUK EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF THE TRACK OF
TROPICAL STORM BOPHA SHIFTS NORTHWARD...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MAY
BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. 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 IS NEEDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
IF TROPICAL STORM BOPHA SHIFTS ITS TRACK NORTHWARD...WINDS MAY RISE
BEGINNING TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
IF BOPHA TRACKS FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED...HAZARDOUS SURF WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHERN SHORES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET MAY ALSO OCCUR AROUND HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE STARTING THURSDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM BOPHA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 90 AM CHST THIS MORNING...OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

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ZIOBRO

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