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TYPHOON MAYSAK (04W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SUN MAR 29 2015

...TYPHOON MAYSAK NEARING CHUUK LAGOON...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK AND ULUL IN CHUUK
STATE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED FOR CHUUK THIS
MORNING AND FOR ULUL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOSAP AND FANANU IN
CHUUK STATE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE
STILL POSSIBLE IF MAYSAK DEVIATES SOUTHWARD.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL AND WOLEAI IN YAP
STATE. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT
48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MAYSAK WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 7.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.3 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  30 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK
        ABOUT  45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOSAP
        ABOUT  85 MILES SOUTH OF FANANU
        ABOUT 200 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL
        ABOUT 225 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT
        ABOUT 355 MILES EAST OF SATAWAL
        ABOUT 535 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP
        ABOUT 575 MILES EAST OF WOLEAI AND
        ABOUT 660 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

TYPHOON MAYSAK IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAYSAK HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON EAST OF CHUUK. THE CENTER
OF MAYSAK IS FORECAST TO PASS OVER CHUUK LAGOON LATER THIS
MORNING...THEN PASS BETWEEN ULUL AND PULUWAT THIS EVENING.

...CHUUK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE
IMMINENT. STAY IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS
SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL
UNTIL SEAS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING NORTH WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL INCREASE TO TYPHOON
STRENGTH OF 65 TO 75 MPH LATER THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 85 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. WINDS MAY SUBSIDE BRIEFLY AS
THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MAYSAK PASSES OVER OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF
WENO CHUUK. DO NOT GO OUTSIDE DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE CENTER OF
MAYSAK. WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 85 MPH FROM THE SOUTH AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK MOVES WEST
AND NORTHWEST OF CHUUK LAGOON. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF WENO MAY NOT
EXPERIENCE A LULL IN WINDS AND COULD SEE SUSTAINED TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS THROUGHOUT THE PASSAGE OF MAYSAK OVER OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF
CHUUK LAGOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK BEGINS TO
MOVE AWAY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SOUTH
WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 17 TO 21 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK PASSES OVER OR JUST TO THE
NORTH OF WENO ISLAND. SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET WITH COASTAL INUNDATION
OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS LIKELY. SEAS AND SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS
AFTERNOON AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE
CENTER OF MAYSAK PASSES OVER OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF CHUUK LAGOON.
THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
MUDSLIDES.

...ULUL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
IF THE FORECAST TRACK FOR MAYSAK DEVIATES SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BE
COMPLETED THIS MORNING. STAY IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM
SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE SECURED AND DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND
TRAVEL. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO DAMAGING LEVELS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST AND
PEAK BRIEFLY AT TYPHOON FORCE AT 65 TO 75 MPH LATE THIS EVENING AS
THE CENTER OF MAYSAK PASSES SOUTH OF ULUL. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW
DAMAGING LEVELS AND SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WILL STEADILY RISE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...REACHING LEVELS OF 15 TO 18 FEET THIS EVENING. COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SEAS AND SURF
WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AS
MAYSAK MOVES THROUGH CHUUK STATE. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...LOSAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED. TYPHOON MAYSAK IS NOW
MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM LOSAP WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH MID-MORNING. STAY IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY
FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING. LISTEN FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTH AND SUBSIDE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET AND SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY AS MAYSAK MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM LOSAP
MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
THIS EVENING.

...FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETED. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. STAY IN A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. LISTEN FOR UPDATED
INFORMATION. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE SECURED AND DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHEAST LATE THIS MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DECREASE TO
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK
MOVES AWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FEET AND SURF BETWEEN 13 TO 15 FEET ARE
EXPECTED THIS MORNING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS
POSSIBLE. SEAS AND SURF WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS
AFTERNOON AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY LATE THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE THIS AFTERNOON AND PEAK BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY. THE CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK TAKES THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH MAYSAK NORTH
OF PULUWAT. HOWEVER...WINDS COULD BE STRONGER IF MAYSAK TAKES A MORE
SOUTHWARD TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
AS MAYSAK APPROACHES. SEAS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 12 AND 15 FEET AS
MAYSAK PASSES TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING. SURF OF 9 TO 11 FEET THIS
MORNING WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AT
DANGEROUS LEVELS BETWEEN 14 AND 17 FEET AS MAYSAK PASSES TO THE
NORTH THIS EVENING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

...SATAWAL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY LATE THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. IF NECESSARY...BE PREPARED TO
GO TO A SHELTER. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY INCREASE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE OF 40 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH MONDAY AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY TO THE WEST. THE CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK TAKES THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH MAYSAK TO
THE NORTH. HOWEVER...WINDS COULD BE STRONGER IF MAYSAK TAKES A MORE
SOUTHWARD TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS PEAKING BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING AS
MAYSAK PASSES TO THE NORTH. SURF MAY PEAK BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET
MONDAY MORNING. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY MORNING OR EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. REVIEW YOUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND BE READY TO
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER THAT WILL LAST FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. IF NECESSARY...BE
PREPARED TO GO TO A SHELTER. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
THE ONSET OF DAMAGING NORTH WINDS IS POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE CENTER OF MAYSAK IS FORECAST TO PASS CLOSE TO FARAULEP
MONDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS AS HIGH AS 22 FEET ARE POSSIBLE AS MAYSAK PASSES ON
MONDAY. SURF MAY PEAK AT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 15 TO 20 FEET MONDAY
AFTERNOON. SEAS AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE MONDAY NIGHT AS
MAYSAK MOVES AWAY. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS MAYSAK
MOVES PAST.

...WOLEAI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IN CASE THE
TRACK OF MAYSAK SHIFTS SOUTHWARD. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. IF
NECESSARY...BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SHELTER. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL
SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR BY MONDAY EVENING AS MAYSAK
MOVES INTO YAP STATE. THE AREA OF STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED TO
PASS NORTH OF WOLEAI MONDAY EVENING BUT A SOUTHWARD SHIFT IN THE
FORECAST TRACK OF MAYSAK COULD BRING STRONGER WINDS TO WOLEAI.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS MAY PEAK AS HIGH AS 12 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE
SURF MAY REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 14 FEET. SEAS AND SURF
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED MONDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE LATER THIS MORNING AT 300 PM...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

$$

WILLIAMS


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