[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON KROVANH (20W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST THU SEP 17 2015

...KROVANH NOW A TYPHOON AND 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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN
AND AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON KROVANH WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.2
EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
NOW 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
KROVANH IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES FARTHER AWAY
FROM AGRIHAN AND THE REST OF THE CNMI.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SHOWERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND AND INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL COULD STILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY AT LEAST.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN
SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS KROVANH PULLS
AWAY TO THE NORTHWEST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 9 TO 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 THROUGH TODAY. SURF AND SEAS SHOULD BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT ON TYPHOON KROVANH THAT
WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SIMPSON
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