[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN (07W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST MON MAY 11 2015

...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVING AWAY FROM POHNPEI...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TYPHOON WATCH FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN.
DAMAGING WINDS OF 34 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PINGELAP AND MOKIL.
DAMAGING WINDS OF 34 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING.

SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...7.8N 159.8E

ABOUT 125 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT  70 MILES NORTH OF MOKIL
ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 140 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT 540 MILES EAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK
ABOUT 1095 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST...340 DEGREES AT 6 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AND IS AT ITS
CLOSEST APPROACH TO POHNPEI. DOLPHIN WILL TURN SLOWLY TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM POHNPEI...PAKIN...
MOKIL AND PINGELAP.

...PINGELAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN IN YOUR SHELTER UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO AND WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER SUNRISE.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS MORNING.
SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT 10 TO 13 FEET TODAY ALONG WEST AND NORTH
FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY.

&&

...MOKIL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN IN YOUR SHELTER UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING AND ARE EXPECTED TO LAST
A FEW MORE HOURS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH SHOULD FALL BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS WILL DECREASE FURTHER TO
20 TO 30 MPH BY NOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET SHOULD FALL TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS AT 13 TO 16 FEET ALONG WEST AND
NORTH FACING REEFS THIS MORNING...AND HAZARDOUS AT 10 TO 13 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. LOCAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

&&

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN IN YOUR SHELTER UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY LATE
MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
SURF OF 13 TO 16 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTH FACING REEFS. SEAS SHOULD
FALL TO 10 TO 12 FEET BY NOON...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO
14 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AFTER 15 INCHES OR RAIN SUNDAY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE TODAY. LOCAL FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND MUDSLIDES
ARE LIKELY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 900 AM CHST EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

$$

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