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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
835 PM CHST TUE SEP 30 2014

...TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE CONTINUES TRACKING TOWARD THE FAR
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR TINIAN AND
SAIPAN...BUT REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN...ALAMAGAN
AND SURROUNDING WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF SAIPAN.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.8N...LONGITUDE 146.4E...OR ABOUT 115 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN. THIS WAS ABOUT 240 MILES NORTH-
NORTHEAST OF GUAM AND ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN.
STORM MOTION WAS NW AT 19 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.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. CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH TO
PAGAN IS EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH THE CENTER PASSING ABOUT
30 MILES TO THE SOUTH. PHANFONE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY...AND MAY
BECOME A TYPHOON ON WEDNESDAY. NOTE THAT ONLY A SMALL DEVIATION TO
THE NORTH OF THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK COULD BRING STRONGER WINDS
TO ALAMAGAN AND PAGAN.

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

FOR THOSE STILL UNDER A TROPICAL STORM 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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ABOUT 2 AM CHST OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-301145-
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TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
835 PM CHST TUE SEP 30 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

...TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

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

FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...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. 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 IMMINENT FOR PAGAN AND
ALAMAGAN. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH
LATER TONIGHT ON PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING
WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST...THEN SOUTHEAST THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY...AS PHANFONE PASSES TO THE SOUTH.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY TO POORLY BUILT STRUCTURES.
MINOR DAMAGE TO BANANA TREES AND NEAR-COASTAL AGRICULTURE IS
POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM SALT SPRAY. SOME SMALL DEAD LIMBS...RIPE
COCONUTS AND DEAD PALM FRONDS MAY BE BLOWN FROM TREES...AND SOME
FRAGILE LEAVES MAY BE BLOWN FROM TREES SUCH AS PAPAYA.

EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD TO 10 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LARGE WAVES FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST WILL BUILD AHEAD OF THE
SYSTEM...BUT THEN RAPIDLY DIMINISH. AS PHANFONE PASSES...STRONG
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM SAIPAN
SOUTHWARD...DRIVING INCREASING SHORT PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AFTER THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF PHANFONE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...WIND-GENERATED SURF MAY CAUSE 1
TO 2 FEET OF COASTAL INUNDATION ALONG EXPOSED SHORELINES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF SAIPAN. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO
ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES WITH A MOIST
UNSTABLE MONSOON FLOW. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING ON SAIPAN.

$$
POWELL






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