[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM KROVANH CONTINUES TOWARDS THE FAR-NORTHERN CNMI...

.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 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KROVANH
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH AND LONGITUDE
149.0 EAST...MOVING WEST AT 8 MPH. TS KROVANH IS EXPECTED TO
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TS KROVANH IS STILL EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS
AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON THURSDAY. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
KROVANH IS FORECAST TO PASS ABOUT 85 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. 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...
NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BACK TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON
AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF KROVANH LATE
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH BY THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON
FRIDAY AS TROPICAL STORM KROVANH 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
THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM.

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AYDLETT
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