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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
304 PM CHST TUE NOV 17 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W HAS FORMED NEAR KOSRAE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON POHNPEI...PAKIN AND SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) IN POHNPEI
STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI...PAKIN AND
SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK) IN POHNPEI STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO
73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...4.7N 162.3E

ABOUT   65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT  320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT  340 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT  345 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK
ABOUT 1335 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN AND
ABOUT 1340 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...260 DEGREES AT 16 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY...
PROBABLY REACHING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE WITHIN POHNPEI STATE AS 27W CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR POHNPEI. IDENTIFY A
SUITABLE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SET ASIDE ENOUGH FOOD AND
WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL 27W PASSES AND WINDS AND
SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MP  WILL TURN TOWARD THE EAST ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND BEGIN TO
DECREASE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH ON
THURSDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FEET ON WEDNESDAY...
WHICH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO 12 FEET MAINLY ON NORTH
AND EAST FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. MINOR INUNDATION OF UP TO 1
FOOT IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

...SAPWUAFIK...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAPWUAFIK. IDENTIFY A
SUITABLE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SET ASIDE ENOUGH FOOD AND
WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL 27W PASSES AND WINDS AND
SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND BEGIN TO
DECREASE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH ON
THURSDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET SATURDAY
NIGHT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET MAINLY
ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. MINOR INUNDATION
AROUND 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 900 PM THIS EVENING.

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