[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN (07W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST TUE MAY 12 2015

...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVING WEST TOWARD FANANU...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON FANANU AND OTHER ATOLLS IN THE HALL ISLANDS OF CHUUK
STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FANANU IN CHUUK STATE.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73
MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...10.2N 158.2E

ABOUT 230 MILES NORTH OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 430 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF FANANU
ABOUT 470 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK
ABOUT 595 MILES EAST OF ULUL
ABOUT 935 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...280 DEGREES AT 7 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS MOVING WEST AND IS MOVING IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF FANANU...ULUL AND THE MARIANAS. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN FANANU AND OTHER ATOLLS OF THE HALL
ISLANDS IN CHUUK STATE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

&&

...FANANU AND THE HALL ISLANDS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. A DIP TOWARD THE SOUTH IN THE
FORECAST TRACK COULD RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT WEST AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AROUND
SUNSET WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO
30 MPH THURSDAY THEN DIMINISH FURTHER THURSDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 16 FEET. SURF
WILL BE HAZARDOUS MAINLY ON EAST AND NORTH FACING REEFS...AND
COULD BEGIN ON WEST FACING REEFS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF DOLPHIN.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

$$

STANKO
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