[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 20W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST WED SEP 16 2015

...TROPICAL STORM 20W HEADING WEST-NORTHWEST AS IT STRENGTHENS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ALAMAGAN...PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND THEIR COASTAL WATERS
IN THE NORTHERN CNMI.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF
39 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 20W WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.3
EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. TS 20W IS EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN THIS GENERAL COURSE AND SPEED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...
THEN TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST THEN NORTH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TS 20W IS STILL EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND
COULD BECOME A TYPHOON SOMETIME THURSDAY. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM 20W IS FORECAST TO PASS ABOUT 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WHICH COULD ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT OR
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MAKE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE FOOD AND
DRINKING WATER AVAILABLE IN A SHELTER LOCATED AWAY FROM THE SHORE.
PROTECT PROPERTIES AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BACK TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AS THE CENTER PASSES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY THURSDAY EVENING.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY ON FRIDAY AS TROPICAL STORM
20W PULLS AWAY TO THE NORTHWEST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET BY THIS
EVENING...THEN REMAIN NEAR THESE LEVELS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET ON EXPOSED
SHORES. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ALONG WINDWARD SHORES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE
VERY STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL OF 3 TO
6 INCHES TODAY AND THURSDAY. LOCAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN LOW-LYING
AREAS.

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

$$

STANKO
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