[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTZS81 NSTU 172300
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE VICTOR - LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
1200 PM SST SAT JAN 16 2016
...HURRICANE VICTOR DIVES SOUTHWARD AND STRENGTHENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
VERY STRONG SEAS AND HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR MANU'A...TUTUILA...AUNUU
AND SWAINS ISLAND.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANU'A.
HIGH SURF WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL SHORES OF ALL ISLANDS.
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUTUILA AND AUNUU.
FOR MARINE INTERESTS:
GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANU'A COASTAL WATERS.
GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH AND EAST REEFS OF TUTUILA
AND AUNUU.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1122 AM SST...HURRICANE VICTOR WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3
SOUTH
LONGITUDE 166.8 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANU'A AND
ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUTUILA...MOVING SOUTH SLOWLY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 85 MPH ARE FOUND NEAR THE CENTER.
HURRICANE VICTOR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH MONDAY.
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR MANU'A...SECURE ANY LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECT THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGED
OR BLOWN OVER. PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST COASTAL INUNDATION...HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
ADVERSE WEATHER AND ROUGH SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.
MARINERS SHOULD MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN TO
PORT...SEEK
SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR CHANGES TO THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS.
&&
.NEXT UPDATE...THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN PAGO PAGO AROUND 6 PM SST SATURDAY...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
ASZ001>003-170800-
TUTUILA-AUNUU-MANUA-SWAINS-
1200 PM SST SAT JAN 16 2016
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANU'A...
...WINDS...
STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL IMPACT MANU'A THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 35 MPH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ON TUTUILA AND AUNUU...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ON SWAINS...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDES...
VERY DANGEROUS SWELLS AND SURFS WILL IMPACT ALL COASTAL WATERS OF
AMERICAN SAMOA THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. SURF HEIGHTS WILL
PEAK TO 25 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY. THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE FOR TA'U TODAY IS 1241 PM AT 4.0 FEET AND TONIGHT AT 102 AM
SUNDAY AT 3.8 FEET. THE HIGH TIDE FOR PAGO PAGO HARBOR TODAY IS
106 PM AT 2.8 FEET AND TONIGHT AT 127 AM SUNDAY AT 2.6 FEET.
THE HIGH SURF AND HIGH TIDE COMBINATION WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MANU'A. REFER TO THE WATCH
FOR MORE DETAILS.
&&
$$
BAQUI
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