[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WTPQ81 PGUM 211746
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST THU DEC 22 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W TO PASS NEAR NGULU TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON YAP AND NGULU IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR
MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST..1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
140.5 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS
ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH OF FAIS
ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI
ABOUT 220 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP
ABOUT 400 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W CONTINUES TO SLOWLY STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS
WEST-NORTHWEST. 30W IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN YAP AND NGULU NEAR
NOON TODAY. 30W COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS EVENING.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN NGULU AND YAP
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING.

....WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE
EAST AND BUILD TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH BY MID-
MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON...FALLING TO
25 TO 35 MPH BY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 11 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING  WILL INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET THIS MORNING...PEAKING BETWEEN 13 AND
16 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EVENING...
BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE NIGHT. 1 TO 2 FEET OF
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

&&

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN NGULU AND YAP
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH LATER THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN WESTWARD THEN SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON...
FALLING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 11 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET BY MID-MORNING...PEAKING BETWEEN 13 AND 16
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EVENING...BUT
WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE NIGHT. 1 TO 2 FEET OF INUNDATION
IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

&&

...OTHER ISLANDS...

FOLKS ON THE ISLANDS OF ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP STATE...AND KAYANGEL
IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU SHOULD MONITOR CLOSELY THE PASSAGE OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THESE ISLANDS BASED ON CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK. HOWEVER...ANY SOUTHWARD DEVIATION COULD BRING
DAMAGING WINDS CLOSER TO KAYANGEL...AND ANY NORTHWARD DEVIATION
COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS CLOSER TO ULITHI AND FAIS.

HAZARDOUS SEA AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS ISLANDS IN
WESTERN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
WITH SEAS APPROACHING 13 TO 15 FEET NEAR YAP...AND 10 TO 13 FEET
NORTH OF KOROR TODAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE AT ULITHI AND FAIS THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL SPREAD TO KAYANGEL BY TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

&&

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

$$

AYDLETT
This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net