[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 04W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST SAT MAR 28 2015

...TROPICAL STORM 04W MOVING TOWARD CHUUK STATE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON THE ISLANDS OF CHUUK...LOSAP...FANANU AND ULUL IN CHUUK
STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK...LOSAP...FANANU
AND ULUL IN CHUUK STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 04W WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 7.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 156.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 240 MILES EAST OF LOSAP
              290 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU
              295 MILES EAST OF CHUUK
              455 MILES EAST OF ULUL
              490 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT
              880 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

TROPICAL STORM 04W IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM 04W WILL MOVE WEST TODAY...CROSSING INTO CHUUK STATE
LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM 04W IS FORECAST TO PASS
ABOUT 80 MILES NORTH OF LOSAP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN PASS
ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF CHUUK AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF FANANU LATER ON
SUNDAY MORNING. SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...LOSAP AND CHUUK...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE UNDERWAY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO WEST AND INCREASING TO BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS
OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE PASSAGE OF 04W. SEAS
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

...FANANU...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE UNDERWAY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...SHIFTING TO EAST AND INCREASING TO BETWEEN
35 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED
SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON. SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE PASSAGE
OF 04W. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

...ULUL...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE UNDERWAY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...SHIFTING TO EAST AND INCREASING TO BETWEEN
35 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED
SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET TODAY...INCREASING TO BETWEEN 8 AND
11 FEET TONIGHT. SEAS OF 11 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
PASSAGE OF 04W. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

...SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG EXPOSED REEFS FOR
MOST ISLANDS AND ATOLLS OF CHUUK STATE. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE
THREATENING.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 900 AM THIS MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE


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