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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN (07W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
929 AM CHST WED MAY 13 2015

...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN (07W) HEADING TOWARDS THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM AND ROTA.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN GUAM...THE NORTHERN MARIANAS...
FANANU IN CHUUK STATE AND SURROUNDING WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA AND COASTAL
WATERS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TINIAN...SAIPAN AND
COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48
HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FANANU IN CHUUK
STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM CHST...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
9.8N...LONGITUDE 156.4E...OR ABOUT 305 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
FANANU AND ABOUT 825 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. DOLPHIN WAS
MOVING WEST AT 7 MPH WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST. THE CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK KEEPS DOLPHIN NORTH OF FANANU AND OTHER ATOLLS IN
THE HALL ISLANDS IN CHUUK STATE. HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS JUST NORTH OF THESE ISLANDS LATER
TODAY...AND ANY FURTHER DEVIATION OF THE TRACK TO THE SOUTH MAY
BRING THESE WINDS ACROSS THE HALL ISLANDS. DOLPHIN IS EXPECTED TO
TURN WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT ON A COURSE TOWARDS GUAM AND THE
SOUTHERN MARIANAS.

...FANANU AND THE HALL ISLANDS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL DOLPHIN PASSES WELL TO THE WEST.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS. A DIP TOWARD THE SOUTH IN THE FORECAST TRACK COULD
RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE HALL ISLANDS. HOWEVER ANY
SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION OF THE TRACK TO THE SOUTH COULD BRING
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...PRODUCING
DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 16 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A RAIN BAND VERY NEAR FANANU...IF THIS
SITS OVER THE ISLAND RAINFALL TOTALS COULD INCREASE TO BETWEEN 6
AND 9 INCHES.

&&

GUZ001-002-PMZ151-152-130730-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TY.A.0002.150512T2329Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
929 AM CHST WED MAY 13 2015

...TYPHOON WATCH IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. A
SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTH IN THE FORECAST COULD RESULT IN HIGHER WIND
SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER GUAM AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ANY
DEVIATION TO THE NORTH WILL BRING TYPHOON FORCE WINDS CLOSER TO
ROTA.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 18 AND 30 FEET ON FRIDAY
RESULTING IN SURF BETWEEN 16 AND 22 FEET. TWO TO FOUR FEET OF
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH AND EAST SHORES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY.
MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED IF DOLPHIN SLOWS DOWN.

$$

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-130730-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0001.150512T2329Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
929 AM CHST WED MAY 13 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL DOLPHIN PASSES WELL TO THE
SOUTHWEST. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. A SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTH IN THE FORECAST
TRACK COULD RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. CURRENT FORECAST KEEPS TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF TINIAN...BUT ANY DEVIATION TO
THE NORTH COULD BRING THESE WINDS TO TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 19 AND 21 FEET ON FRIDAY
RESULTING IN SURF BETWEEN 14 AND 20 FEET. ONE TO THREE FEET OF
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH AND EAST SHORES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY.
MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED IF DOLPHIN SLOWS DOWN OR SHIFTS NORTH.

&&

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

$$

M AYDLETT
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