[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ82 PGUM 151722
HLSPQ2

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON DOLPHIN (07W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
322 AM CHST SAT MAY 16 2015

...EYE OF TYPHOON DOLPHIN MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN AS WELL AS
SURROUNDING WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN. THE TYPHOON WARNING WILL REMAIN UP UNTIL CONDITIONS HAVE
SUBSIDED. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
ABOUT SUNRISE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON DOLPHIN WAS LOCATED BY
SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.0 EAST. THIS
IS ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF ROTA AND 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM.
DOLPHIN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 110 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS TYPHOON DOLPHIN CONTINUING TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THE MARIANAS. OVER A PERIOD OF 4 HOURS SEAS HAVE DROPPED FROM
22 FEET TO ABOUT 7 FEET AT THE IPAN BUOY JUST EAST OF GUAM. THE
HIGHEST SEAS WERE LIKELY BLOCKED BY THE LANDMASS OF GUAM...AND
HAVE NOW MOVED TO WEST FACING REEFS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS MORNING AS DOLPHIN SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM
THE MARIANAS.

$$

GUZ001-PMZ151-160130-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-
322 AM CHST SAT MAY 16 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER GUAM UNTIL
AROUND SUNRISE. REMAIN INDOORS OR IN YOUR DESIGNATED SHELTER
UNTIL THE TYPHOON PASSES.

&&

...WINDS...
SOUTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...
ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN GUAM AND NORTHWESTERN GUAM WATERS...WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND
SUNRISE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET ALONG WEST FACING REEFS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THIS MORNING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY
UNTIL HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AROUND 530 AM.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-160130-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
322 AM CHST SAT MAY 16 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN INDOORS OR IN YOUR DESIGNATED SHELTER UNTIL THE TYPHOON
PASSES.

&&

...WINDS...
SOUTH TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
ABOUT SUNRISE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN SUBSIDE TO SOUTH AT
20 TO 30 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET ALONG WEST FACING REEFS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THIS MORNING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY
UNTIL HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AROUND 530 AM.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-160130-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
322 AM CHST SAT MAY 16 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN INDOORS OR IN YOUR DESIGNATED SHELTER UNTIL THE TYPHOON
PASSES.

&&

...WINDS...
EAST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL SLOWLY
DECREASE AND WILL DIMINISH TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE AROUND
SUNRISE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET ALONG WEST FACING REEFS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THIS MORNING. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY
UNTIL HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AROUND 530 AM.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 900 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

STANKO
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