[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
303 AM CHST THU JUL 9 2015

...NANGKA TURNING SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGEN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN IN THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN...TINIAN AND
THEIR COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN...TINIAN AND THEIR
COASTAL WATERS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IF NANGKA
DEVIATES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
ISLANDS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...
ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE EYE OF TYPHOON NANGKA WAS LOCATED
AT LATITUDE 16.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.6 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS
ABOUT 265 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 210 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
ABOUT 200 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT 215 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN
ABOUT 265 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
ABOUT 315 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM

NANGKA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 130 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TAKES TYPHOON NANGKA THROUGH THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS JUST SOUTH OF ALAMAGEN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. NANGKA REMAINS A STRONG CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON. TYPHOON
NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THIS INTENSITY AS IT PASSES
THROUGH THE MARIANAS.

THE LATEST FORECAST SHOWS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS TINIAN AND SAIPAN THIS AFTERNOON AS NANGKA
PASSES TO THE NORTH.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

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

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. PREPARE
FOR TROPICAL STORM OR TYPHOON CONDITIONS...EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
THE CURRENT FORECAST BRINGS THE CENTER OF NANGKA NEAR ALAMAGAN
AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING...BUT SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE
FORECAST TRACK.

DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS NANGKA IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL
BEGIN BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM AT ALAMAGEN AND PAGAN...AND AROUND 2 PM
ON AGRIHAN. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM ABOUT 3 PM TO
MIDNIGHT ON ALAMAGAN. AT PAGAN...TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY
FROM ABOUT 7 PM TO 11 PM. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY AT
AGRIHAN. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD LAST UNTIL AROUND 9 AM
FRIDAY MORNING AT ALL THREE ISLANDS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS WILL BUILD QUICKLY AS NANGKA APPROACHES...AND WILL LIKELY
RANGE FROM 15 FEET TO AS HIGH AS 30 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. SURF MAY BUILD TO AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 FEET.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED AS TYPHOON
NANGKA PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.

&&


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TINIAN-SAIPAN-
303 AM CHST THU JUL 9 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE ON TINIAN AND
SAIPAN AND THEIR ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SEAS AND WINDS WILL
INCREASE WELL IN ADVANCE OF NANGKA AND INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL WILL
BE DANGEROUS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY
EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET MAY BUILD TO DANGEROUS LEVELS OF
15 TO 18 FEET THURSDAY. DANGEROUS SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
THURSDAY NIGHT AS NANGKA MOVES AWAY.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING SHORES AS NANGKA APPROACHES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

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TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
303 AM CHST THU JUL 9 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
MID-AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF
SAIPAN WHERE GUSTS TO 45 KT ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO AROUND 15 FEET AS NANGKA
PASSES AND COULD REACH UP TO 20 FEET IN FAR NORTHERN SAIPAN
WATERS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

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