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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION MALIKSI (20W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST MON OCT 1 2012

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MALIKSI (20W) MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
CNMI...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND
ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MALIKSI
(20W) WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
145.3 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT

               35 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PAGAN
               50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
               50 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
              215 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN AND
              330 MILES NORTH OF GUAM.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION MALIKSI (20W) IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT
12 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN FORWARD SPEED AND CURVE TO THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN ABOUT 35 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
LOCATED NORTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH SOUTHWEST. TD 20W IS EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM SOMETIME TUESDAY
NIGHT.

...PAGAN...ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF PAGAN...ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED
PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AND REMAIN IN SHELTER
THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORMY WEATHER ON THESE ISLANDS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS ON THESE ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE
ADEQUATE FOOD AND DRINKING WATER STORED AND AVAILABLE IN A SHELTER
LOCATED AWAY FROM THE SHORE. THE SHELTER SHOULD BE STURDY AND
CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING STRONG WINDS. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO
PROTECT PROPERTIES AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. BE AWARE OF FALLING PALM FRONDS AND WIND-DRIVEN
COCONUTS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER SINCE SURF IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SEAS WILL
BE ROUGH AND DANGEROUS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION MALIKSI (20W) IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM TUESDAY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY WEST OF THE ISLANDS. EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF OF
15 TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. INUNDATION
OF UP TO 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE ALONG EASTERN EXPOSURES
TONIGHT...AND ALONG EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EXPOSURES ON TUESDAY
MORNING. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE  THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. LOCAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AT 300 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

ZIOBRO





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