[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...EYE OF TYPHOON MAYSAK EAST OF FARAULEP IN YAP STATE..

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR YAP ISLAND IN YAP
STATE WHILE A TYPHOON WATCH CONTINUES FOR YAP. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39
MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS OF 74 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS 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.

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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL AND WOLEAI IN
YAP STATE. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY OCCURRING AT
SATAWAL AND ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS AT WOLEAI.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MAYSAK WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 8.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF SATAWAL
        ABOUT 110 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP
        ABOUT 175 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF WOLEAI
        ABOUT 220 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PULUWAT
        ABOUT 235 MILES WEST OF ULUL
        ABOUT 355 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
        ABOUT 395 MILES WEST OF CHUUK
        ABOUT 395 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 460 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI AND
        ABOUT 555 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 ARE 100 MPH. MAYSAK IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FURTHER
BEFORE NEARING FAIS..ULITHI TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

...SATAWAL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE ENDING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS
TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
THROUGH TONIGHT AS TYPHOON MAYSAK MOVES AWAY FROM CHUUK STATE. MINOR
COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS AND
SURF WILL DIMINISH BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS OVERNIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON MAYSAK IS EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR TYPHOON BY THE TIME IT
REACHES FARAULEP. PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BEGIN THIS EVENING. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER THAT
WILL LAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 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 OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING NORTH WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE IMMINENT. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS OF UP TO CATEGORY 3...110 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY
EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME
DESTRUCTIVE BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH BY AROUND SUNSET. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE WEST AND PEAK NEAR 110 MPH WITH GUSTS 140 MPH TO AS THE
SOUTHERN EYEWALL PASSES VERY NEAR OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF FARAULEP
LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS AS HIGH AS 25 FEET ARE POSSIBLE AS MAYSAK PASSES TO
THE NORTH THIS EVENING. SURF MAY PEAK AT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 25 FEET
THIS EVENING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 6 TO 10 FEET IS POSSIBLE. SEAS
AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AS
MAYSAK MOVES AWAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING
AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO FARAULEP.

...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 LATE 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...
DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED LATE
THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF MAYSAK MOVES NORTH OF WOLEAI. WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AS MAYSAK BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY.
THE AREA OF STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF WOLEAI 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 14 FEET TONIGHT WHILE SURF MAY
REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 15 FEET. SEAS AND SURF WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AS MAYSAK MOVES AWAY. MINOR COASTAL
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TUESDAY MORNING ON
FAIS AND BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON ULITHI. PREPARATIONS FOR
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BY TONIGHT. 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 TYPHOON WITH
WINDS GREATER THAN 110 MPH WHEN IT APPROACHES FAIS AND ULITHI.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING ON FAIS AND LATE TUESDAY MORNING ON ULITHI WHILE
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED AROUND NOON ON
FAIS AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON ULITHI.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SEAS OF UP TO 25 FEET ARE POSSIBLE PRIOR THE ARRIVAL OF
TYPHOON MAYSAK. IN ADDITION...PEAK SURF HEIGHTS OF 25 FEET AND
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 5 TO 8 FEET ALONG WINDWARD SHORELINES ARE
POSSIBLE.

...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...
THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON ON YAP AND TYPHOON OR NEAR TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
AROUND MIDNIGHT. PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOON TUESDAY. 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 OF 110 TO 130 MPH WHEN IT PASSES NEAR OR TO THE NORTH
OF YAP LATE TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE
ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON YAP. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS
OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING ON YAP.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SEAS 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 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF MAYSAK...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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