[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM (05W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1235 PM CHST SAT APR 4 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM NEAR FANANU IN
CHUUK STATE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON FANANU ISLAND AND THE CHUUK LAGOON AREA IN CHUUK STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FANANU.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CHUUK LAGOON AREA.

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...8.6N 152.8E

ABOUT  50 MILES EAST OF FANANU
ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND OF CHUUK
ABOUT 640 MILES EAST-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 8 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05W HAS STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM JUST
EAST OF FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. IT IS ANTICIPATED TO SLOWLY DRIFT
WESTWARD AND PASS VERY CLOSE TO FANANU ON SUNDAY MORNING.

...FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS NEED TO GO TO SHELTERS
OR STURDY STRUCTURES WHICH CAN WITHSTAND DAMAGING WINDS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. MAKE SURE TO HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
HAVE SUBSIDED ON MONDAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...

DAMAGING NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
THIS EVENING AND THEN SOUTHWEST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS SHOULD
GRADUALLY DECREASE STARTING LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...

COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD AND REACH 10 TO 12 FEET BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SURF ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES WILL BECOME
HAZARDOUS AT 12 TO 14 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COULD CAUSE
INUNDATION OF ABOUT ONE FOOT AT HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...

RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING.

...CHUUK LAGOON AREA...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM 05W IS EXPECTED TO STAY NORTH OF CHUUK LAGOON BUT ANY
SOUTHWARD DEVIATION ON ITS TRACK COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO THE
CHUUK LAGOON AREA. RESIDENTS NEED TO REVIEW THEIR TROPICAL STORM
EMERGENCY PLAN AND MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. STAY INFORMED WITH
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF CHUUK
LAGOON SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNTIL MONDAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TONIGHT THEN SOUTHWEST
AND GRADUALLY DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...

COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD AND REACH 8 TO 11 FEET OUTSIDE THE LAGOON
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SURF ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS WILL
BECOME HAZARDOUS AT 9 TO 12 FEET BY THIS EVENING. INSIDE THE
LAGOON...CHOPPY WIND WAVES OF 3 TO 4 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
WE WILL MONITOR RAINFALL FOR MUDSLIDE POTENTIAL.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM 05W WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY 900 PM TONIGHT.

$$

CHAN


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