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WTPQ81 PGUM 140115
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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
1115 AM CHST WED JAN 14 2014

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W NEAR ULITHI AND MOVING NORTHWEST...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP
IN YAP STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.1 DEGREES NORTH...LONGITUDE 139.9
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

        ABOUT 20 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 50 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF FAIS ISLAND
        ABOUT 130 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF YAP
        ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES
ABOUT 45 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF YAP THIS EVENING. THE DEPRESSION
IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM MAKES ITS CLOSEST
APPROACH TO YAP...HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN
ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THE CENTER OF 01W.

...FAIS ULITHI AND YAP...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THE OPERATION OF SMALL CRAFT...AND
VISIBILITY COULD 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...
FOR YAP...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
IN HEAVIER SHOWERS...WILL SHIFT TO WEST BY THIS EVENING...AND TO THE
SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. GUSTS COULD STILL REACH 40 TO 50 MPH IN ANY
HEAVIER SQUALLS THAT MAY DEVELOP. ON FAIS AND ULITHI...SOUTH WINDS
25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH. SEAS OF
12 TO 15 FEET WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON
THURSDAY AS 01W SLOWLY MOVES AWAY.

...SURF INFORMATION...
ROUGH SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG EXPOSED NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE
THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER YAP STATE
ASSOCIATED WITH 01W.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230 PM CHST...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$
R BALLARD





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