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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST THU MAY 7 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W NEWLY FORMED IN POHNPEI STATE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON PINGELAP...MOKIL AND SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) IN POHNPEI
STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PINGELAP...MOKIL AND
SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) IN POHNPEI STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 34
TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...4.8N 159.4E

ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MOKIL
ABOUT 155 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK)
ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 250 MILES WEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT 550 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK AND
ABOUT 1160 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST...35 DEGREES AT 5 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY...
PROBABLY REACHING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE WITHIN POHNPEI STATE AS 07W CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE. HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENHANCE THE WINDS AND POSSIBLY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

...MOKIL...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOKIL. IDENTIFY A
SUITABLE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SET ASIDE ENOUGH FOOD AND
WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT.
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. ON SATURDAY MORNING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND 60 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH
BY SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET ON SATURDAY...
WHICH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 14 TO 18 FEET MAINLY ON EAST
FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. THIS COULD LEAD TO INUNDATION OF UP TO
2 FEET...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

...PINGELAP...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PINGELAP. IDENTIFY A
SUITABLE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SET ASIDE ENOUGH FOOD AND
WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST FRIDAY
AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 30 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL PEAK
SATURDAY MORNING AT AROUND 60 MPH...THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT...
WHICH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 14 TO 18 FEET MAINLY ON EAST
FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. THIS COULD LEAD TO INUNDATION OF UP TO
2 FEET...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. A WEST SWELL WILL
LIKELY SET UP AFTER 07W HAS PASSED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

...SAPWUAFIK...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAPWUAFIK. IDENTIFY A
SUITABLE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SET ASIDE ENOUGH FOOD AND
WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT
BUT COULD ARRIVE EARLIER IF 07W DOES NOT HOOK AS FAR EAST AS IS
CURRENTLY FORECAST. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON
SATURDAY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE
TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET SATURDAY
NIGHT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET
MAINLY ON WEST FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. THIS COULD LEAD TO
INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

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