[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM KROVANH HEADING NORTHWEST...

.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 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KROVANH
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH AND LONGITUDE
148.1 EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. KROVANH IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT TURN TO THE NORTH BY FRIDAY...AND
WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
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 110 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 THIS EVENING. 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...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BACK TO THE WEST THIS EVENING
AND COULD INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AS THE CENTER OF KROVANH
PASSES TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST
AND DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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 15 FEET ON EXPOSED
SHORES. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS LIKELY DURING
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 THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOCAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN LOW-LYING
AREAS.

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

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AYDLETT
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