[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 171205 AAA
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 27W LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1005 PM CHST TUE NOV 17 2015

...27W NOW A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE WEST AT 22 MPH...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK IN
POHNPEI STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR...LOSAP...
CHUUK LAGOON AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF
39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN IN
POHNPEI STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING
WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...4.3N 160.3E

ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI AND PAKIN
ABOUT 230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK
ABOUT 365 MILES EAST OF NUKUORO
ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR
ABOUT 550 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP
ABOUT 620 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK LAGOON
ABOUT 635 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU
ABOUT 1235 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM AND SAIPAN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 22 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RECENTLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM 27W CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO
THE WEST AS OT CONSOLIDATES ABOUT IT'S CENTER. SOME SLOWING IN
FORWARD SPEED WITH A TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY. SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ARE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER. HOWEVER THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD BECOME MORE SYMMETRICAL
ABOUT THE CENTER AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE.

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN.
ALTHOUGH THE TROPICAL STORM IS FORECAST TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THESE
ISLANDS...ANY DEVIATION OF ITS TRACK TO THE NORTH WILL PLACE THEM
WITHIN RANGE OF DAMAGING WINDS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS. REVIEW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LISTEN TO ANY UPDATES FROM
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL TS 27W
PASSES WELL TO THE WEST OF YOUR LOCATIONS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH  WILL TURN TOWARD THE EAST ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...
PARTICULARLY IN SHOWERS FROM THE OUTER BANDS OF THE TROPICAL
STORM.  DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT MOTION OF THE STORM...WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND BEGIN TO DECREASE BY
EVENING AND OVER NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 6 TO 8 FEET ON WEDNESDAY...
PRODUCING SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET MAINLY ON THE EAST AND SOUTH FACING
REEFS AND BEACHES. ONLY MINOR INUNDATION IS EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SOME OUTER BANDS OF TS27W MAY PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

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...SAPWUAFIK...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAPWUAFIK. REVIEW
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL LEADERS. 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 RAPIDLY INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH OVERNIGHT AS THE TROPICAL STORM APPROACHES.
SOME DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY OVER EXPOSED AREAS
AND WITHIN THE REEF...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STORM. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AND BEGIN TO DECREASE
BY LATE AFTERNOON...DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT MOTION OF THE STORM.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET AS THE STORM
APPROACHES. THIS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

...NUKUORO...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WTPQ81 PGUM 171141
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
955 PM CHST TUE NOV 17 2015

AND FAILS TO MOVE FURTHER TO THE NORTH DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL 27W PASSES AND WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15
MPH UNLESS THE FORECAST TRACK DEVIATES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER
...SOME GUST IN EXCESS OF 25 TO 30 MPH EVEN WITH THE CURRENT TRACK
WITHIN SOME OF THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD ONLY SLIGHTLY TO BETWEEN 6 AND 9 FEET
UNLESS THE STORM APPROACHES CLOSER THAN EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

...LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK LAGOON AND FANANU...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE ISLANDS
IN CHUUK STATE. THIS IS A GOOD TIME REVIEW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.
LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS AND UPDATES FROM YOUR LOCAL LEADERS.
IN PARTICULAR LISTEN FOR ANY CHANGES IN MOTION OR SPEED IN
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK.

AS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM 27W WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY
OF THESE ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY AND ON THURSDAY. DO NOT ATTEMPT
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL 27W PASSES AND WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS THE STORM
APPROACHES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS THE STORM
APPROACHES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS THE STORM
APPROACHES.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 300 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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EDSON
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