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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON MAYSAK (04W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST SUN MAR 29 2015

...CENTER OF TYPHOON MAYSAK MOVING OUT OF 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 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK AND ULUL IN CHUUK
STATE. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING FOR CHUUK AND ULUL.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL IN YAP
STATE...WHILE A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL.

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 WOLEAI...FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP
IN YAP STATE. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MAYSAK WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 7.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 151.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  50 MILES WEST OF CHUUK
        ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FANANU
        ABOUT 110 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LOSAP
        ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ULUL
        ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT
        ABOUT 280 MILES EAST OF SATAWAL
        ABOUT 460 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP
        ABOUT 500 MILES EAST OF WOLEAI
        ABOUT 605 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
        ABOUT 745 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 810 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI AND
        ABOUT 905 MILES EAST OF YAP

TYPHOON MAYSAK IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON MAYSAK CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY WHILE PASSING OUT OF CHUUK
LAGOON TO THE WEST. THE CENTER OF MAYSAK IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN
ULUL AND PULUWAT THIS EVENING.

...CHUUK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
MPH WILL STEADILY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH BY EARLY EVENING
AS THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MAYSAK MOVES AWAY FROM CHUUK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 16 TO 20 FEET AND SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS
FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SURF
WILL DROP BELOW DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS EVENING BUT REMAIN HAZARDOUS
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS STILL
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL
RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING AND INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF MUDSLIDES.

...ULUL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG TROPICAL STORM TO NEAR TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF THE FORECAST TRACK FOR MAYSAK DEVIATES
SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH
OR MORE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. 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 EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST AND
MAY PEAK BRIEFLY AT TYPHOON FORCE AT 65 TO 75 MPH 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 WILL STEADILY RISE THIS AFTERNOON REACHING LEVELS OF
15 TO 18 FEET THIS EVENING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SEAS AND SURF WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS MAYSAK MOVES THROUGH CHUUK STATE. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5
INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

...LOSAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING
LEVELS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM
SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO
BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET AND SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS MAYSAK MOVES FARTHER
AWAY FROM LOSAP.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

...FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY FALL OVERNIGHT
AS MAYSAK MOVES FARTHER AWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET AND SURF OF 11 TO 14 FEET WILL
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS MAYSAK MOVES FARTHER
AWAY FROM FANANU.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


PREPARATIONS FOR STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO NEAR TYPHOON
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IF THE EYE OF
TYPHOON MAYSAK TAKES A SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHWARD TRACK. 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 OF 30 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH
LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY
DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 14 AND 17 FEET TONIGHT AS MAYSAK
PASSES TO THE NORTH LATE THIS EVENING. SURF WILL INCREASE TO
DANGEROUS LEVELS BETWEEN 14 AND 17 FEET AS MAYSAK PASSES TO THE
NORTH THIS EVENING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...SATAWAL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY TONIGHT. 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 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE OF 39 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY TO THE WEST. THE
CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TAKES THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
MAYSAK TO THE NORTH OF SATAWAL. HOWEVER...WINDS COULD BE STRONGER IF
MAYSAK TAKES A MORE SOUTHWARD TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... SEAS PEAKING BETWEEN 11 AND
14 FEET ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING AS MAYSAK PASSES TO THE NORTH.
SURF MAY PEAK BETWEEN 11 AND 14 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 MAYSAK IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR TYPHOON WHEN
BEFORE IT REACHES FARAULEP. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
MONDAY EVENING. 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 OF UP TO CATEGORY 3...100 MPH...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 TO
THE NORTH MONDAY EVENING. SURF MAY PEAK AT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 25
FEET MONDAY EVENING. SEAS AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY 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.

...WOLEAI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. 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 LATE 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 NIGHT WHILE SURF
MAY REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 14 FEET. SEAS AND SURF WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY.

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

...FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. 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...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY
MORNING ON FAIS AND ULITHI AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON YAP. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON FAIS
AND ULITHI AND TUESDAY EVENING ON YAP. TYPHOON MAYSAK CONTINUES TO
GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT TYPHOON
BEFORE NEARING FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SEAS AND SURF OF UP TO 22 FEET ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...PEAK SURF HEIGHTS OF 25 FEET AND COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG WINDWARD SHORELINES IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE PASSAGE OF MAYSAK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-
LYING AREAS.

&&

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

$$

WILLIAMS


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