[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 272350
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
950 AM CHST MON APR 28 2014

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 06W MOVING TOWARDS THE CNMI...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF THE MARIANAS AND SURROUNDING
WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TINIAN...SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN AND PAGAN.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF MARIANAS WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OF 39
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE
SPECIFIED AREAS.

ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS
PLAN AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR
THEIR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 06W WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 12.5N...LONGITUDE 146.5E. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH AT
6 MPH. HIS WAS ABOUT 135 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HAGATNA GUAM GU...OR
ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SONGSONG ROTA MP...OR ABOUT
215 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JOSE TINIAN MP AND ABOUT 220 MILES
SOUTH OF GARAPAN SAIPAN MP. STORM INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REVIEW YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE DISASTER PLAN AND BECOME READY TO
ACT IF A WARNING IS LATER ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR
FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

MARINERS ARE URGED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN
TO PORT...SEEK SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT INITIATE
PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN FOR TROPICAL
SYSTEMS. MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOR CHANGES TO THE LATEST
FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE 3 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON.

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-280800-
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TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
950 AM CHST MON APR 28 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. ON TUESDAY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION APPROACHES THE
ISLANDS AROUND NOON. DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT MOVEMENT OF
TD06W...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH
AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL QUICKLY BUILD ON TUESDAY
MORNING AS THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVES CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS.
DEPENDING UPON THE SPEED OF MOTION OF THE TD...SEAS AND WIND WAVES
ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND
OVER NIGHT. LITTLE INUNDATION IS EXPECTED AS THIS IS A SMALL
SYSTEM AND SO THE EFFECTS ON SAIPAN AND TINIAN WILL BE LIMITED
DURING THE SHORT TIME THE SYSTEM IS DIRECTLY OVER THE ISLANDS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 06W ARE EXPECTED TO START LATE TONIGHT WITH
TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED.

...ALAMAGAN AND PAGAN...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FROM THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL IN SAIPAN. BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANY OFF
ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED AS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 06W MOVES TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE ISLANDS DURING
THE NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 7 TO 11 FEET ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 48 TO 72
HOURS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 06W
WILL BE WEST OF ALAMAGAN AND PAGAN...DEPENDING UPON THE MOTION OF
THE SYSTEM.

$$

EDSON/KLEESCHULTE



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