[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1225 AM CHST THU MAR 12 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W FORMED IN THE WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON AILINGLAPLAP...KWAJALEIN...UJAE...AND ENEWETAK ATOLLS
OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE POPULATED ISLANDS OF
UJAE AND ENEWETAK OF THE WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1130 PM CHST WEDNESDAY...1330 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 03W WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 7.4 DEGREES NORTH...AND
LONGITUDE 167.6 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT  90 MILES WEST OF AILINGLAPLAP
ABOUT  90 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KWAJALEIN
ABOUT 185 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UJAE
ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENEWETAK
ABOUT 245 MILES WEST OF MAJURO
ABOUT 345 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KOSRAE AND
ABOUT 1605 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS MOVING TOWARD WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WILL MOVE AWAY FROM AILINGLAPLAP ATOLL AND
PASS ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF KWAJALEIN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
TD 03W WILL PASS ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF UJAE ATOLL THURSDAY MORNING
AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF ENEWETAK THURSDAY EVENING.

A GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED FOR TD 03W OVER THE NEXT 24 TO
48 HOURS. TD 03W IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS
MORNING AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON BY SATURDAY EVENING.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...UJAE AND ENEWETAK...
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FEET EARLY
THIS MORNING AND DURING THE PASSAGE OF TD 03W. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 14 FEET BY FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE...PERHAPS BY THIS WEEKEND. INEXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS AND SURFERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. ALSO...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.

...FOR AILINGLAPLAP AND KWAJALEIN...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY AND DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
STRONGER GUSTS ON FRIDAY. COMBINED SEAS WILL BE IN A RANGE OF 10 TO
14 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND SHOULD SUBSIDE TO 9 TO 12 FEET
BY FRIDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

...SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 18 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG EXPOSED NORTH AND
EAST FACING REEFS FOR MOST ATOLLS OF THE WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS
THROUGH THURSDAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF THIS LOCAL STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE AT 900 AM THIS MORNING.

$$

SIMPSON


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