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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON MAYSAK (04W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST MON MAR 30 2015

...EYE OF TYPHOON MAYSAK JUST NORTHEAST OF SATAWAL...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FAIS AND ULITHI IN YAP STATE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE TYPHOON WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE.
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12
HOURS.

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE.
DAMAGING WINDS OR 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK
STATE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID
MORNING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
SATAWAL AND WOLEAI IN YAP STATE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
MORE ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD IF THE EYE OF MAYSAK
DEVIATES SOUTHWARD.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP ISLAND 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
8.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 147.5 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  60 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SATAWAL
        ABOUT 130 MILES NORTHWEST OF PULUWAT
        ABOUT 150 MILES WEST OF ULUL
        ABOUT 205 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP
        ABOUT 250 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF WOLEAI
        ABOUT 305 MILES WEST OF CHUUK
        ABOUT 410 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
        ABOUT 490 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 550 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI AND
        ABOUT 650 MILES EAST OF YAP

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...280 DEGREES AT 16 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAYSAK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE HEADING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK BRINGS THE EYE OF
MAYSAK CLOSE TO FARAULEP IN YAP STATE THIS EVENING.  MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 100 MPH. MAYSAK IS STILL EXPECTED
TO INTENSIFY STEADILY DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

...ULUL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE ENDING THIS MORNING. STAY IN A
STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. LISTEN FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN SECURED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS
TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY MID MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET IS EXPECTED TODAY UNTIL AROUND MID
MORNING. SOME MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE UNTIL MID
MORNING. SEAS AND SURF WILL DIMINISH BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS THIS
AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS MAYSAK
CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE ENDING THIS MORNING. STAY IN A
STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. LISTEN FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN SECURED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS
AND SHIFT TO SOUTH BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY MID MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET IS EXPECTED TODAY UNTIL AROUND MID
MORNING. SOME MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE UNTIL MID
MORNING. SEAS AND SURF WILL DIMINISH BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS THIS
AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS MAYSAK
CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

...SATAWAL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. STAY IN
A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. 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 NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL INCREASE
AND SHIFT TO WEST THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AROUND MID MORNING. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS 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 THIS MORNING AS
MAYSAK PASSES TO THE NORTH. SURF MAY PEAK BETWEEN 11 AND 15 FEET
THIS MORNING. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON MAYSAK IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR TYPHOON BY THE TIME
IT REACHES FARAULEP. PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN BY THIS AFTERNOON WHILE TYPHOON CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. 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 OF 39 MPH OR MORE IS LIKELY BY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TYPHOON CONDITIONS OF UP TO CATEGORY 3...100
MPH...ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CENTER OF
MAYSAK IS FORECAST TO PASS CLOSE TO IF NOT OVER FARAULEP THIS
EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS AS HIGH AS 22 FEET ARE POSSIBLE AS MAYSAK PASSES TO
THE NORTH THIS EVENING. SURF MAY PEAK AT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 25 FEET
THIS EVENING. SEAS AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE MONDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY TUESDAY AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 4 TO 6
FEET IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

...WOLEAI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR
MORE SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 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...
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY
EVENING AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK MOVES NORTH OF WOLEAI. THE AREA OF
STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF WOLEAI LATE THIS
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 TONIGHT WHILE SURF MAY
REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 14 FEET. SEAS AND SURF WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON ON FAIS AND ULITHI. REPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. 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...
TYPHOON MAYSAK IS FORECASTED TO BE A MAJOR CATEGORY 3 OR 4 TYPHOON
WITH WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH WHEN IT APPROACHES FAIS AND ULITHI.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY
MORNING ON FAIS AND ULITHI WHILE TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
MORE ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SEAS AND SURF OF UP TO 24 FEET ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...PEAK SURF HEIGHTS OF 25 FEET AND COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 5 TO 8 FEET ALONG WINDWARD SHORELINES IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE PASSAGE OF MAYSAK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-
LYING AREAS.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT ON YAP. 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...
TYPHOON MAYSAK IS FORECASTED TO BE A MAJOR CATEGORY 3 OR 4 TYPHOON
WITH WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH WHEN IT PASSES NEAR OR TO THE NORTH
OF YAP. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON YAP. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT ON 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 4 TO 6 FEET ALONG WINDWARD SHORELINES IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE PASSAGE OF MAYSAK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 10 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 LATER THIS MORNING AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON...OR SOONER IF
NEEDED.

$$

MCELROY/WILLIAMS

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