[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 161739
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KROVANH (20W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST THU SEP 17 2015

...TROPICAL STORM KROVANH GRADUALLY PULLING AWAY FROM 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 THROUGH SUNRISE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KROVANH
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH AND LONGITUDE
145.9 EAST...MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
70 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
KROVANH IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME A
TYPHOON TODAY. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KROVANH IS FORECAST
TO GRADUALLY PULL AWAY FROM AGRIHAN AND THE REST OF THE CNMI.

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

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

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN SHOWERS WILL
BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH AROUND
SUNRISE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON FRIDAY AS KROVANH
PULLS AWAY TO THE NORTHWEST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
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...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

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

$$

STANKO
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