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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 31W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST MON NOV 4 2013

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 31W PASSING LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON CHUUK...LOSAP...PULUWAT...ULUL...FANANU AND
SURROUNDING ISLANDS IN CHUUK STATE...AND FOR SATAWAL...FARAULEP AND
WOLEAI AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOSAP...CHUUK AND
PULUWAT. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 40
MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ULUL AND FANANU.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL...FARAULEP AND WOLEAI.
TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 31W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 6.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 153.6 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT

                     65 MILES EAST OF LOSAP
                    135 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK (WENO)
                    180 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FANANU
                    305 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL
                    315 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT
                    450 MILES EAST OF SATAWAL
                    635 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FARAULEP
                    670 MILES EAST OF WOLEAI AND
                   1080 MILES EAST OF YAP.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 31W CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST AT 20 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 31W IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AS IT
PASSES LOSAP AND CHUUK LATER THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD BE A TROPICAL
STORM WHEN IT PASSES PULUWAT THIS AFTERNOON. IT MAY BE A TYPHOON
WHEN IT PASSES SATAWAL TONIGHT...AND WHEN IT NEARS WOLEAI AND
FARAULEP TUESDAY NIGHT.

...LOSAP AND CHUUK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. SECURE ANY LIGHT OUTSIDE
OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN OVER. PROTECT PROPERTY
AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL ADVERSE WEATHER AND ROUGH SEAS
HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH ON LOSAP BY 500
AM THIS MORNING AND ON CHUUK BY 800 AM THIS MORNING. FOR BOTH
LOCATIONS...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH AROUND NOON TODAY AND FALL TO
20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OUTSIDE THE LAGOON...OFFSHORE SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET WILL RESULT IN
DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 16 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES THROUGH THE DAY
TODAY. INSIDE CHUUK LAGOON...SEAS WILL BE ROUGH AT 5 TO 7 FEET.
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED ALONG WINDWARD
EXPOSURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY...RESULTING IN LOCAL
FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. SECURE ANY LIGHT OUTSIDE
OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN OVER. PROTECT PROPERTY
AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL ADVERSE WEATHER AND ROUGH SEAS
HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND PEAK AT 50 TO 65 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND DECREASE TO 25 T0 35 MPH BY SUNRISE
TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FEET WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SURF OF 15
TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. INUNDATION
OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED ALONG WINDWARD EXPOSURES.
RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL
RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

...ULUL AND FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
ADVERSE WEATHER AND ROUGH SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATER THIS MORNING
AND TONIGHT...THEN DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING. BUT IF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 31W TRACKS FARTHER TO THE NORTH THAN EXPECTED...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING ON
FANANU AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON ON ULUL.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO
12 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY...RESULTING IN LOCAL
FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

...SATAWAL...FARAULEP AND WOLEAI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY AROUND DAWN ON TUESDAY MORNING.
REVIEW YOUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD...WATER AND GASOLINE IN CASE OF A
TYPHOON. IF NECESSARY...BE PREPARED TO GO TO A DESIGNATED SHELTER.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SEAS AND SURF ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION ARE POSSIBLE
ON TUESDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON
TUESDAY...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING
AREAS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE LATER THIS MORNING AT 900 AM.

$$

MCELROY





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