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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST FRI MAY 8 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W NOW MOVING NORTHEASTWARD...

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN. 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 24 TO 48 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...3.7N 162.0E

ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT 260 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOKIL
ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 350 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK)
ABOUT 365 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT 740 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK
ABOUT 1355 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST...035 DEGREES AT 10 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W HAS TURNED NORTHEASTWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY SLOWLY TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS IT SLOWLY ASSUMES A
NORTHWEST TRACK LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS 07W EXECUTES THIS
NORTHWESTWARD TURN...IT IS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATE
THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. 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 CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W IS NOT LIKELY TO
BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO KOSRAE. BUT IF 07W CONTINUES TO
TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
COULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET TONIGHT...WHICH
WOULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 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 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 SUNDAY MORNING AND COULD LAST INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING
AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON IF THE TRACK DROPS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH.

...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 AND MUDSLIDES ARE 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...
A SOUTHERLY DRIFT IN THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 07W COULD RESULT IN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 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 UP TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

$$

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