[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK (02W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST MON JUL 4 2016

...NEPARTAK SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE IN EASTERN YAP STATE...INCLUDING FARAULEP...FAIS AND ULITHI.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR FARAULEP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS AND ULITHI.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY OR TONIGHT IF NEPARTAK VEERS SOUTH OF ITS FORECAST
TRACK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.8 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 135 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FARAULEP
  225 MILES EAST OF FAIS
  290 MILES EAST OF ULITHI
  395 MILES EAST OF YAP
  220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM

TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST
WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
NEPARTAK IS EXPECTED TO RESUME INTENSIFICATION LATER TODAY...POSSIBLY
BECOMING A TYPHOON EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK HAS MOVED FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM FARAULEP TO
ALLOW WINDS TO SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. HOWEVER...SEAS IN
THE AREA WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY. LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25
MPH AROUND MIDDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WHILE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET AND HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTH AND WEST
FACING SHORES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AS SCATTERED SHOWERS PASS
OVER THE AREA.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO GO TO A STURDY SHELTER IN CASE A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS ISSUED. THE CURRENT TRACK HAS TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK
PASSING WELL NORTHEAST OF FAIS AND ULITHI THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG
TROPICAL STORM. AS CURRENTLY FORECAST...DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD REMAIN
OFFSHORE...BUT ANY DEVIATION TO THE SOUTH OR WEST WILL BRING NEPARTAK
CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS. UNTIL NEPARTAK IS WELL INTO THE PHILIPPINE
SEA...MARINERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND COULD LAST
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BUILD TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS
OF 7 TO 9 FEET TODAY AS NEPARTAK PASSES TO THE NORTHEAST. SEAS AND
SURF COULD BE HIGHER IF NEPARTAK TRACKS TO THE LEFT OF THE CURRENT
FORECAST.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH AND WEST
FACING SHORES THROUGH TONIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

&&

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

$$

AYDLETT
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