[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 231617
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
217 AM CHST WED AUG 24 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W PASSING WEST OF ANATAHAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN
AND ALAMAGAN ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS
OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 145.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS
ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
ABOUT  35 MILES WEST OF ANATAHAN
ABOUT  95 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TINIAN
ABOUT 160 MILES NORTH OF ROTA
ABOUT 205 MILES NORTH OF GUAM

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W IS PASSING WEST OF ANATAHAN AND IS MOVING
QUICKLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. TD 14W IS EXPECTED TO PASS
WEST OF ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN THIS MORNING BEFORE TURNING
TO THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR ALAMAGAN AROUND
5 AM...NEAR PAGAN AROUND 6 AM AND NEAR AGRIHAN AROUND 8 AM. PEOPLE
ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN SHOULD REMAIN IN SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER THIS MORNING AS DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUE.

....WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DURING HEAVY
SHOWERS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING AROUND 15 TO
20 MPH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF AROUND 12 FEET WILL INITIALLY OCCUR ON SOUTH
EXPOSURES BUT WILL THEN SPREAD TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST EXPOSURES
BY SUNRISE. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WIND WAVES
PRODUCED BY SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD AFFECT WEST SIDE ANCHORAGES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 900 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

STANKO
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