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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST FRI MAY 8 2015

REMOVED REPEAT INFORMATION

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W CONTINUES MOVING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PAKIN. A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS OF 34 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS...AND
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PINGELAP...MOKIL AND
SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) IN POHNPEI STATE...AND FOR KOSRAE. 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...2.9N 161.6E

ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT 295 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MOKIL
ABOUT 355 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK)
ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT 740 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK
ABOUT 1360 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...SOUTHEAST...125 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SLOWLY TODAY THROUGH
SATURDAY IS IT TURNS SLOWLY EAST...THEN NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE FINALLY STARTING A NORTHWEST TRACK TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS
07W EXECUTES THIS COUNTER-CLOCKWISE LOOP...IT IS LIKELY TO BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS STILL
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK AND INTENSIFICATION OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W SO THAT WINDS...SEAS AND OTHER STORM EFFECTS
FOR EACH ISLAND ARE ALSO UNCERTAIN.

...KOSRAE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS...AND PLENTY OF GASOLINE FOR VEHICLES AND
GENERATORS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
HAVE SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS CURENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS NOT LIKELY TO
BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO KOSRAE. BUT IF 07W TRACKS
FARTHER EAST THAN EXPECTED BEFORE MAKING ITS TURN...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET TODAY...WHICH
WOULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET...MAINLY ON SOUTH AND
WEST FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

...PINGELAP AND MOKIL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND COULD
LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 FEET OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SEAS MAY PEAK AT 15 FEET OR MORE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...
PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 18 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

&&

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS...AND PLENTY OF GASOLINE FOR VEHICLES AND
GENERATORS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
HAVE SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND COULD LAST
INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 FEET OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
SEAS MAY PEAK AT 15 FEET OR MORE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 18 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

...SAPWUAFIK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED AFTER 07W PASSES. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY 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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