[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
334 AM CHST WED NOV 18 2015

...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA SLOWLY STRENGTHENING...

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK IN
POHNPEI STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WITH WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN IN
POHNPEI STATE...AND LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK LAGOON AND FANANU IN
CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...5.0N 159.2E

ABOUT  150 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT  165 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT  140 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK
ABOUT  300 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO
ABOUT  360 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR
ABOUT  465 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP
ABOUT  530 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK
ABOUT  545 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 18 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM IN-FA 27W HAS TURNED TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH POHNPEI STATE. WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO
45 MPH WITH GRADUAL STRENGTHENING EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. SOME SLOWING IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AS
IT CONTINUES WEST-NORTHWEST. 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
TROPICAL STORM IN-FA PASSES WELL TO THE WEST OF YOUR LOCATION.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN SHOWERS
WILL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SOUTH
OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 7 TO 10 FEET TODAY...
PRODUCING SURF OF 8 TO 11 FEET MAINLY ON THE EAST AND SOUTH
FACING REEFS AND BEACHES. ONLY MINOR INUNDATION IS EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SOME OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA MAY PRODUCE 3 TO 5
INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY AND THURSDAY.

&&

...SAPWUAFIK...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK. REVIEW
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL LEADERS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL TROPICAL STORM IN-FA PASSES
AND WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH BY SUNRISE AS TROPICAL STORM
IN-FA APPROACHES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY OVER
EXPOSED AREAS AND WITHIN THE REEF...ESPECIALLY AS THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE STORM PASSES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AND
BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 14 FEET AS THE STORM
APPROACHES. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF OF 10 TO 15 FEET.

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

&&

...NUKUORO...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY THIS MORNING AS IN-FA HAS
TURNED WEST-NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF IN-FA SHIFTS BACK TO THE
WEST WITH A PASSAGE CLOSER TO NUKUORO. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL IN-FA PASSES AND WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 10
TO 20 MPH UNLESS THE FORECAST TRACK DEVIATES FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
CURRENT TRACK WITHIN SOME OF THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

...LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK LAGOON AND FANANU...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE ISLANDS
IN CHUUK STATE. 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 IN-FA WILL MOVE INTO
THE VICINITY OF THESE ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL IN-FA PASSES AND WINDS
AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME VARIABLE OVERNIGHT AS
THE SURFACE TROUGH SOUTHWEST OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA PASSES
OVER THE STATE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN
SHOWERS AS IN-FA PASSES TO THE NORTH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FEET BY THURSDAY
PRODUCING HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO 12 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

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

$$

M AYDLETT
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