[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 161031
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KROVANH (20W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST WED SEP 16 2015

...TROPICAL STORM KROVANH NEAR CLOSEST APPROACH TO AGRIHAN...

.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. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KROVANH
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH AND LONGITUDE
146.8 EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
KROVANH IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON
OVERNIGHT. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KROVANH IS FORECAST TO
PASS ABOUT 110 MILES NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN AROUND 1000 PM THIS
EVENING.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MAINTAIN READINESS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WHICH COULD
OCCUR BRIEFLY TONIGHT...MAINLY ON AGRIHAN. PROTECT PROPERTIES
AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BACK TO THE WEST THIS EVENING
AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH
ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON FRIDAY AS KROVANH
PULLS AWAY TO THE NORTHWEST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET THIS EVENING AND
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 LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED 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
THURSDAY MORNING AT 300 AM.

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