[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM TAPAH (06W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1200 AM CHST WED APR 30 2014

...TAPAH WEAKENING AS IT CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWARD...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE AND
MARINE INTERESTS AT PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN ISLANDS IN THE MARIANAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE TYPHOON WATCH FOR ALAMAGAN AND
PAGAN HAVE BEEN CANCELED. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

AT 1000 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TAPAH (06W) WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 147.3 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 120 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN AND ABOUT 110 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF PAGAN.

TROPICAL STORM TAPAH WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 70 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM TAPAH IS PASSING TO THE EAST OF PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE FURTHER AWAY THIS AFTERNOON.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT EVEN THOUGH TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY
TO AND FROM PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...SHOULD BE CURTAILED AS SEAS MAY BE
ROUGH UNTIL TROPICAL STORM TAPAH HAS MOVED FURTHER AWAY FROM
THE MARIANAS THURSDAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
BACK TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST AND DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO 12 FEET REMAINS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
12 TO 24 HOURS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER ALAMAGAN AND PAGAN.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN FOR TROPICAL STORM TAPAH.

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ZIOBRO/WILLIAMS





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