[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN CLOSING IN ON YAP...

.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 DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.1 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 138.4 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP
        ABOUT  85 MILES NORTHEAST OF NGULU
        ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 150 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 260 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
        ABOUT 300 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KOROR

TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS
NORTHWEST. NOCK-TEN WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF YAP AROUND 3 PM.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF YAP
AROUND 3 PM TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

....WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO THE
EAST AND BUILD TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...
FALLING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO 14 FEET WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND
20 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY LATE
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 3
PM TODAY. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL TURN SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING...
THEN DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO 14 FEET WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 14 AND
18 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS
EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE NIGHT. AROUND 1
FOOT OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 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 CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR 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 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE
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 PM CHST THIS EVENING...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$
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