[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA INTENSIFYING SOUTH OF POHNPEI...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON POHNPEI...PAKIN...NUKUORO 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 THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI...PAKIN AND
NUKUORO 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 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...5.8N 157.7E

ABOUT   22 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK
ABOUT   85 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT   85 MILES SOUTH OF PAKIN
ABOUT  230 MILES NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO
ABOUT  255 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR
ABOUT  350 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP
ABOUT  415 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK
ABOUT  430 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...295 DEGREES AT 20 MPH

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST
THROUGH POHNPEI STATE. WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 MPH AND
CONTINUED STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SOME
SLOWING IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AS IT PASSES NEAR
SAPWUAFIK. 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.

...SAPWUAFIK...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW AND WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
LEADERS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DO
NOT ATTEMPT INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL TROPICAL STORM IN-FA
PASSES AND WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL STORM IN-FA PASSES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTH AROUND MIDDAY. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVERHEAD TODAY
WHICH WILL CAUSE WINDS TO TEMPORARILY WEAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUT
FROM SHELTERS AS DAMAGING WINDS WILL PICK UP RAPIDLY AS THE CENTER
PASSES THE ATOLL AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STORM ARRIVES. WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING
HOURS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS BETWEEN 9 AND 14 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF OF 10 TO 15 FEET. EXPECT
1 TO 2 FEET OF INUNDATION ON WINDWARD COASTS.

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

&&

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN.
THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THESE ISLANDS.
ANY SLIGHT DEVIATION 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 SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN.

...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 AT HIGH TIDE IS
EXPECTED.

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

&&

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

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 10
TO 20 MPH. 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 AND SHELTERING 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...PASSING JUST NORTH OF FANANU...
AS IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL
UNTIL IN- FA PASSES AND WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. CONDITIONS
OUTSIDE CHUUK LAGOON WILL BE WORSE THAN CONDITIONS INSIDE THE
LAGOON.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
IN HEAVY SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN
SHOWERS AS IN-FA PASSES TO THE NORTH THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS
WILL BE SEEN FARTHER NORTH...NEARER FANANU. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 14 FEET BY THURSDAY
PRODUCING HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 15 FEET...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE
ISLANDS FARTHER NORTH. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ON
WINDWARD EXPOSURES.

...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 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

W. AYDLETT
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