[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN (30W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST THU DEC 22 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W BECOMES TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN...

.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 700 AM CHST..2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 8.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
139.7 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF NGULU
        ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP
        ABOUT 340 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL

TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTH-
WEST. NOCK-TEN IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN YAP AND NGULU AROUND NOON.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN NGULU AND YAP
AROUND NOON TODAY. LATEST FORECAST TRACK BRINGS NOCK-TEN JUST SOUTH
OF YAP. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING.

....WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST
AND BUILD TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY NOON.
WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...FALLING TO BETWEEN 30 TO
40 MPH BY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 11 FEET THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 11 AND 14 FEET LATE THIS MORNING...PEAKING BETWEEN 15 AND
20 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EVENING...
BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE NIGHT. 1 TO 3 FEET OF
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

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

&&

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN WILL PASS BETWEEN NGULU AND YAP AROUND NOON
TODAY. LATEST FORECAST TRACK PULLS NOCK-TEN FARTHER NORTHWARD.
HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL 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 BY NOON.
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 THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 11 AND 14 FEET BY NOON...PEAKING BETWEEN 14 AND 18 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 LIKELY 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 STORM NOCK-TEN.

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 300 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

AYDLETT
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