[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ83 PGUM 062258
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN (31W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST THU NOV 7 2013

...SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM KOROR...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU. TYPHOON CONDITIONS STILL PERSIST IN COASTAL
WATERS WEST OF BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 133.6 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT 315 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
ABOUT 265 MILES WEST OF NGULU
ABOUT  80 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KAYANGEL AND
ABOUT  95 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOROR.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...175 MPH.
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 21 MPH.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS CONTINUE...BUT SHOULD ABATE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. REMAIN IN SHELTERS UNTIL THE WINDS FULLY SUBSIDE. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS THE EYE OF SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN MOVES FARTHER AWAY...WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE. SOUTH WINDS OF 60 TO TO 70 MPH THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO
SOUTHEAST AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY NOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 17 FEET WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. THEN SURF WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 9 TO 13 FEET BY THIS
EVENING BUT REMAIN HAZARDOUS ALONG WEST FACING SHORES THROUGH
TONIGHT. SURF SHOULD DECREASE FURTHER ON FRIDAY AND COULD FALL BELOW
HAZARDOUS LEVELS BY FRIDAY EVENING.

MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET MAY STILL OCCUR ALONG
WINDWARD SHORES THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH
TIDES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THOUGH THIS
EVENING. THIS COULD PROLONG LOCAL FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.

...KOROR...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN IN SHELTERS UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING. LISTEN
FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH BY
MID MORNING...THEN TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY NOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 17 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG WESTERN REEFS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THEN SURF WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 9 TO 13 FEET
BY THIS EVENING BUT REMAIN HAZARDOUS ALONG WEST FACING SHORES
THROUGH TONIGHT. SURF SHOULD DECREASE FURTHER ON FRIDAY AND COULD
FALL BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS BY FRIDAY EVENING.

MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
WINDWARD SHORES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH
TIDES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS. SOME SMALL MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MAIN
HIGHWAY ON BABELDAOB.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

$$

STANKO/GUARD/MCELROY







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