[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
851 AM CHST TUE SEP 30 2014

...TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE CONTINUING TO TRACK TOWARD THE FAR
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS..

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION. UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

.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 WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TINIAN...SAIPAN.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF MARIANAS WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN UNTIL LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.4N...LONGITUDE 149.0E. THIS IS ABOUT 225 MILES
EAST OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN...255 MILES EAST OF ROTA...285 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF GUAM...AND ABOUT 335 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN.
PHANFONE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER BRINGS
THE CENTER OF PHANFONE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. PHANFONE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO INTENSIFY... AND MAY BECOME A TYPHOON BY THE TIME IT MAKES ITS
POINT OF CLOSEST APPROACH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. NOTE
THAT ONLY A SMALL DEVIATION TO THE SOUTH OF THE LATEST FORECAST
TRACK COULD BRING CONSIDERABLY STRONGER WINDS TO SAIPAN.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE
PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...
PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR
LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN HONOLULU AROUND 2 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-300700-
/X.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
851 AM CHST TUE SEP 30 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED
BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE
LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. BOAT OWNERS
AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING
OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER
THE FAR EASTERN COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
REACHING SAIPAN AND TINIAN EARLY TONIGHT. BASED ON THE LATEST
FORECAST...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60
MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM
NORTHWEST...TO WEST...TO SOUTHWEST AS THE CENTER PASSES NOT FAR TO
THE NORTH OF SAIPAN LATE TONIGHT.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. MOST POORLY ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DAMAGED...SOME SEVERELY. OTHER HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO
SHINGLES...SIDING...GUTTERS AND WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE
ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME
AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME
POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE
SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE UPROOTED.

EXPECT SEAS OF 6 TO 10 FEET TODAY TO BUILD TO 10 TO 15 FEET BY
TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM AS EARLY AS
THIS MORNING. HIGH WIND-GENERATED SURF MAY CAUSE 2 TO 3 FEET OF
COASTAL INUNDATION. INTIALLY SURF WILL BUILD ALONG EAST AND
NORTHEAST FACING SHORES...WITH BUILDING SURF ALONG WEST AND SOUTH
FACING SHORES DURING AND AFTER THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF PHANFONE
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE FREQUENT
TONIGHT AS PHANFONE APPROACHES. A MOIST UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY MONSOON
FLOW WILL CONTINUE WELL AFTER THE STORM PASSES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH PHANFONE. THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON SAIPAN.

$$
R BALLARD



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