[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Sat May 9 05:26:49 CDT 2015

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 07W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST SAT MAY 9 2015

...TROPICAL STORM 07W NEAR KOSRAE...

.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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOSRAE. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 34 TO 73 MPH...ARE OCCURRING
ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PINGELAP AND MOKIL IN
POHNPEI STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS
OF 34 TO 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN IN POHNPEI
STATE. 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 SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) IN
POHNPEI STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS
OF 34 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...5.0N 162.0E

ABOUT  70 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOKIL
ABOUT 290 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 315 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT 320 MILES EAST OF SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK)
ABOUT 715 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK
ABOUT 1310 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NEARLY STATIONARY

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM 07W IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND IS FORECAST TO TURN MORE
TO THE NORTH AND EVENTUALLY THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...TOWARD
PINGELAP AND MOKIL. SOME ERRATIC MOVEMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE...BUT
TROPICAL STORM 07W IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING ON A NORTHWEST TRACK AT
AN INCREASING FORWARD SPEED BY LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. THIS TRACK WOULD TAKE IT ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF POHNPEI
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING THE FUTURE TRACK AND INTENSIFICATION OF TROPICAL STORM 07W
SO THAT WINDS...SEAS AND OTHER STORM EFFECTS FOR EACH ISLAND ARE
ALSO UNCERTAIN.

...KOSRAE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN SHOULD BE COMPLETE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS...AND PLENTY OF GASOLINE FOR
VEHICLES AND GENERATORS. FIND A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES.
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE
AFTER TROPICAL STORM 07W MOVES AWAY. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM 07W WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS TO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SHORES OF KOSRAE THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. WIND SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON
THE EXACT STORM MOTION. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN COASTAL WATERS OF KOSRAE.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET AND POSSIBLY HIGHER WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SEAS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF
OF 10 TO 14 FEET. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS  POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGHEST SEAS EXPECTED OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COASTAL WATERS OF KOSRAE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
COULD
&&

...PINGELAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN SHOULD BE UNDERWAY. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. FIND A STURDY SHELTER AWAY
FROM SHORELINES. 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 STORM 07W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL LAST INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT...AND INCREASE TO 40 TO 50
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH
AFTER NOON...AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY
SUNSET SUNDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT ON
SUNDAY. WIND SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON
EXACTLY HOW TROPICAL STORM 07W MOVES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 FEET OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. SEAS
MAY PEAK AT 15 FEET OR MORE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS
SURF UP TO 18 FEET.

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

&&

...MOKIL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN SHOULD BE UNDERWAY. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. FIND A STURDY SHELTER AWAY
FROM SHORELINES. 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 STORM 07W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY...AND WILL LAST INTO LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY NOON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL PEAK AT 40 TO 50
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AROUND SUNSET SUNDAY EVENING...THEN SHIFT
TO SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY AND DECREASE FURTHER TO 25
TO 35 MPH BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY
VARY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY HOW TROPICAL STORM 07W MOVES.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 8 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED 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 SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY
VARY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY HOW TROPICAL STORM 07W MOVES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL STORM 07W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD LAST INTO MONDAY
MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING IF THE
TRACK DROPS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. LOCAL
FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.

...SAPWUAFIK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS
TROPICAL STORM 07W PASSING WELL TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE ISLAND.
HOWEVER...ANY SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE PATH TO THE SOUTH COULD PUT
SAPWUAFIK INTO THE EFFECTS OF A TROPICAL STORM. 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 STORM 07W
COULD RESULT IN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS MAY BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...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 MONDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 300 AM CHST SUNDAY MORNING.

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