[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 130435
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BAVI (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP032015
235 PM CHST FRI MAR 13 2015

...TROPICAL STORM BAVI LEAVING THE MARSHALL ISLANDS...

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BAVI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.7 DEGREES NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 160.3
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT  235 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENEWETAK
ABOUT  300 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT  190 MILES NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 1080 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN AND
ABOUT 1105 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

TROPICAL STORM BAVI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BAVI IS NOW SOUTHWEST OF ENEWETAK ATOLL AND CONTINUES
TO MOVE OUT OF THE WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. BAVI IS EXPECTED
GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...ENEWETAK...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS
EVENING. COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 13 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. ONE TO TWO
FEET OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE ON NORTHERN AND EASTERN EXPOSURES
UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED
THROUGH SATURDAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL DANGEROUS SEAS SUBSIDE...POSSIBLY
BY SUNDAY. 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 PM THIS EVENING.

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