[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM PEIPAH (05W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST SUN APR 6 2014

...TROPICAL STORM PEIPAH STILL HEADING TOWARD ANGAUR PALAU...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN
THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 0700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PEIPAH WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
135.2 DEGREES EAST.

ABOUT  75 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PELELIU
ABOUT  80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU
ABOUT  80 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANGAUR
ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL PALAU
ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NGULU AND
ABOUT 285 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAP

TROPICAL STORM PEIPAH IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM PEIPAH IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS GENERAL MOVEMENT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES THE CENTER OF
PEIPAH NEAR ANGAUR IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU LATE TONIGHT. ISLANDS
FROM KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH MAY EXPERIENCE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS
STORM HAS EXHIBITED OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. GO INDOORS WHEN THE
LIGHTNING OCCURS. AT 852 PM PALAU LOCAL TIME...AN AUTOMATED WEATHER
STATION NORTH OF PELELIU AND WEST OF KOROR RECORDED A WIND SPEED OF
30 MPH WITH A GUST TO 36 MPH.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 6 HOURS FOR
KOROR...BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL. PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITION SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. KEEP INFORMED OF THE
LATEST BULLETINS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR YOUR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REMAIN IN SHELTERS UNTIL THE WINDS FULLY
SUBSIDE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST LATE TONIGHT.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND GRADUALLY
DIMINISH BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OF 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE EAST
COAST OF BABELDAOB AND NORTH AND EAST EXPOSURES OF KOROR AND ITS
CONNECTED ISLANDS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SURGE. THE WORST
INUNDATION WILL BE WITHIN 2 HOURS BEFORE OR AFTER HIGH TIDE WHICH
WILL OCCUR AT 1215 AM MONDAY MORNING PALAU TIME. SURF WILL STEADILY
DIMINISH MONDAY AS PEIPAH MOVES AWAY FROM PALAU.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
THE KOROR WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 5 INCHES
OF RAINFALL SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE
HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS HAVE MOVED WEST OF PALAU. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR MUDSLIDES STILL
EXISTS AS SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MUDSLIDES ESPECIALLY NEAR STEEP AREAS MADE OF
CLAY...PARTICULARLY ON THE EDGES OF THE COMPACT ROAD.

...ANGAUR AND PELELIU...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 6 HOURS FOR
ANGAUR AND PELELIU. PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITION SHOULD
HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS
FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. REMAIN IN SHELTERS UNTIL THE WINDS FULLY SUBSIDE BY LATE
MONDAY MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE EAST
AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE CENTER OF PEIPAH
PASSES VERY NEAR OR OVER ANGAUR. WINDS MAY BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AS THE CENTER PASSES OVER OR VERY NEAR
ANGAUR...BUT WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN RAPIDLY. THESE WINDS CAN DO
MINOR DAMAGE TO WOODEN ROOFS...KNOCK DOWN SOME POWER LINES AND TREE
LIMBS AND BLOW PIECES OF TIN ROOFING THROUGH THE AIR. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE OF 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. BRIEF
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS THAT ARE
WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE CENTER. THE WORST INUNDATION WILL BE WITHIN 2
HOURS BEFORE OR AFTER HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AT 1215 AM MONDAY
MORNING PALAU TIME. SURF WILL STEADILY DIMINISH MONDAY AS PEIPAH
MOVES AWAY FROM PALAU.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE WEST OF ANGAUR AND PELELIU.
HOWEVER...SHOWERS COULD REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT BRINGING 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT FOR TROPICAL STORM PEIPAH WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 3 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING...OR
SOONER IF NECESSARY.

$$

WILLIAMS/GUARD





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