[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SAT DEC 1 2012

...STRONG TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS PALAU...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE IN KOROR AND NEARBY ISLANDS INCLUDING ANGAUR...PELELIU...
BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL AND SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND
FOR YAP ISLAND AND NGULU ATOLL IN YAP STATE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE AND KOROR
AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP ISLAND IN YAP STATE
AND SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING SUSTAINED
WINDS GREATER THAN 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON BOPHA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 4.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.5 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 430 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
              450 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP
              590 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU AND KAYANGEL
              710 MILES EAST OF SONSOROL.

TYPHOON BOPHA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
REMAIN 105 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST. THE
FORECAST TRACK TAKES BOPHA SOUTH OF NGULU...AND ACROSS THE ISLANDS
OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU FROM KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN
THE SOUTH ARE AT GREAT RISK. THE TYPHOON IS RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING AND
COULD BECOME A CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AS HIGH AS
150 MPH.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN ABOUT 48 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS FROM
KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH. THE LAST MAJOR TYPHOON
TO HIT PALAU WAS TYPHOON MIKE IN 1991. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE
DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF TYPHOON-STRENGTH WINDS. KEEP INFORMED OF
THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRACTICE YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN IN
CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. THIS INCLUDES IDENTIFYING A SHELTER WHICH
WILL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND STRONG WINDS IN ADDITION TO HAVING ENOUGH
FOOD AND WATER TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM. AFTER TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH THROUGH
TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY
ON SUNDAY AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT WIND SPEED AND
DIRECTION.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL SHORES
THROUGH TONIGHT SURF IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 11 TO 15 FEET ON
SUNDAY. SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY COULD
CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION OF 8 TO 10 FEET OR HIGHER FOR LOCATIONS
THAT ARE DIRECTLY HIT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
RAINFALL WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

...NGULU...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH THROUGH
TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND
COULD BECOME STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK OR THE
WIND FIELD INCREASES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN SHORES BEGINNING TONIGHT. SURF COULD INCREASE TO 11 TO 15
FEET ON SUNDAY AND COULD BECOME HIGHER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE
NORTHWARD TRACK OR THE WIND FIELD INCREASES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. RAINFALL
WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
POSSIBLE.

...YAP ISLAND...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH
TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY AND COULD BECOME STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE NORTHWARD
TRACK OR THE WIND FIELD EXPANDS SIGNIFICANTLY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN SHORES THROUGH TONIGHT. SURF COULD INCREASE TO 10 TO 14
FEET ON SUNDAY AND COULD BECOME HIGHER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE
NORTHWARD TRACK OR THE WIND FIELD EXPANDS SIGNIFICANTLY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
RAINFALL WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

...SONSOROL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AFTER TODAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH
SUNDAY. DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AND
WINDS COULD BECOME STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD
TRACK. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT WIND SPEED AND
DIRECTION.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG EASTERN AND
NORTHERN SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY. SURF COULD INCREASE TO 10 TO 13 FEET
BY MONDAY AND COULD BECOME HIGHER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE WESTWARD
TRACK OR THE WIND FIELD EXPANDS SIGNIFICANTLY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL
WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TYPHOON BOPHA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 3 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.

$$

ZIOBRO/GUARD





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