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TROPICAL STORM HAISHEN (05W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST SAT APR 4 2015

...TROPICAL STORM HAISHEN JUST NORTH OF FANANU...

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FANANU.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHUUK LAGOON AREA.

SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...8.9N 151.9E

ABOUT  25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FANANU
ABOUT  95 MILES NORTH OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK AND
ABOUT 575 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 8 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM HAISHEN IS CENTERED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF FANANU
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 50 MPH. IT IS MOVING WEST AT 8 MPH...BUT
MOTION MAY BECOME ERRATIC AT TIMES.

...FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING. REMAIN IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE LATER
ON SUNDAY. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND MAY LAST LONGER INTO SUNDAY IF HAISHEN
SLOWS DOWN OR MOVES ERRATICALLY. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF AT 12 TO
14 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF ABOUT ONE
FOOT IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY.

...CHUUK LAGOON AREA...

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

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...SHIFTING TO
SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT 9 TO
12 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. INSIDE THE LAGOON...CHOPPY WIND WAVES OF
3 TO 4 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM HAISHEN WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE


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