[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BAVI (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP032015
430 AM CHST FRI MAR 13 2015

...TROPICAL STORM BAVI APPROACHING SOUTH OF ENEWETAK IN THE MARSHALL
ISLANDS...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UJAE AND ENEWETAK IN
THE WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BAVI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.7 DEGREES NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 163.8
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT  120 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF UJAE
ABOUT  210 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ENEWETAK
ABOUT  240 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT  275 MILES WEST OF KWAJALEIN
ABOUT  520 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MAJURO
ABOUT  405 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 1300 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT 1440 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

TROPICAL STORM BAVI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BAVI IS APPROACHING SOUTH OF ENEWETAK ATOLL THIS MORNING
AND WILL PASS ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ATOLL JUST BEFORE NOON
LOCAL TIME. A GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED FOR BAVI THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...UJAE...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH DAWN. THEN WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS MORNING AND
DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS
OF 13 TO 15 FEET THIS MORNING WILL STEADILY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 8 AND
10 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET ALONG
EXPOSED NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS MORNING WILL DROP TO
HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 12 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. ONE TO TWO FEET
OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE ON BOTH NORTHERN AND EASTERN SHORE
EXPOSURES THIS MORNING. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGH
TONIGHT. RESIDENTS ON UJAE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. ALSO...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE
THROUGH TONIGHT.

...ENEWETAK...
EAST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
SLOWLY DECREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 15 TO 18 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS
MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 12 AND 15 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON. SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET BY
LATE THIS EVENING. DANGEROUS SURF OF 14 TO 17 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG
EXPOSED NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN
DECREASE TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 14 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING.
TWO TO THREE FEET OF INUNDATION IS LIKELY ON NORTHERN AND EASTERN
EXPOSURES UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED THROUGH SATURDAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE
WATER. ALSO...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF THIS LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM
BAVI WILL BE AT 900 AM LATER THIS MORNING.

$$

CHAN

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