[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN MOVING AWAY FROM 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 WINDING DOWN BUT COULD STILL OCCUR WITHIN SHOWERS
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.7 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 137.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  65 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP
        ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF NGULU
        ABOUT 205 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
        ABOUT 255 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOROR

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

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...AWAY FROM YAP
AND NGULU.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE WORST SHOULD BE OVER. REMAIN IN SHELTER OVERNIGHT. CLEANUP CAN
BEGIN IN THE MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUST AT THE WEATHER OFFICE WAS
32 KNOTS. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR AND ONLY LIGHT
DAMAGE SUCH AS SMALL BRANCHES AND BANANA TREES.

....WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THEY TURN TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 14 TO 18 FEET WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...SURF WILL STILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE
NIGHT. 1 TO 3 FEET OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
FRIDAY.

&&

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN PASSED WELL NORTH OF NGULU THIS AFTERNOON.
DAMAMGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE BRIEFLY WITHIN HEAVY SHOWERS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...SURF WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE
NIGHT. UP TO 1 FOOT OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
FRIDAY.

&&

...OTHER ISLANDS...
ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP STATE...AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF
PALAU WERE ONLY BRUSHED BY THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM
NOCK-TEN. ANY MINOR CLEANUP THAT IS NEEDED CAN BE DONE FRIDAY.

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.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE AT ULITHI AND FAIS THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
ARE JUST NORTH OF KAYANGEL AND COULD DROP RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 300 AM CHST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

STANKO
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