[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 131552
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
150 AM CHST WED JAN 14 2014

...FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE YEAR FORMS IN YAP STATE...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF YAP STATE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS IN YAP
STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP
IN YAP STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.1 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 141.2 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

        ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 120 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 215 MILES EAST OF YAP AND
        ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DEVELOPING TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY
AS IT MOVES THROUGH YAP STATE TODAY...BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM
LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING
GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF YAP STATE TODAY. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 01W WILL MAKE ITS CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH TO BOTH FAIS
AND ULITHI THIS MORNING...AND TO YAP THIS AFTERNOON.

...FAIS ULITHI AND YAP...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT...AS SEAS WILL
BE HAZARDOUS FOR THE OPERATION OF SMALL CRAFT...AND VISIBILITY WILL
BE SEVERELY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH
WINDS ARE OCCURRING...OR DURING TEMPORARY LULLS...AS FLYING DEBRIS
CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
INCREASING NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS TODAY...BECOMING 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT...REMAINING 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE
NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 14 FEET AS 01W MOVES THROUGH YAP
STATE TODAY.

...SURF INFORMATION...
ROUGH SURF WILL BUILD THROUGH THE DAY...PEAKING AT 12 TO 15 FEET
ALONG EXPOSED NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W MOVES THROUGH YAP STATE.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 AM CHST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

BIRCHARD




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