[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
402 PM CHST WED SEP 28 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA FORMS EAST OF THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN
AND SAIPAN.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN
AND SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
CHABA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 DEGREES NORTH
AND LONGITUDE 147.7 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS
ABOUT  145 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT  150 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
ABOUT  170 MILES EAST OF ROTA
ABOUT  205 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) FORMED EAST OF THE MARIANAS AND IS
MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH. CHABA IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR OR OVER ROTA
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. CHABA COULD BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM THURSDAY AFTER PASSING OVER THE MARIANAS.

...GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR OR OVER ROTA
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PEOPLE IN THE MARIANAS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AND HEAVY RAIN. STRONGEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

....WIND INFORMATION...
FOR GUAM AND ROTA...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE BANDS EAST OF THE CENTER. AT SAIPAN AND
TINIAN...EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY AND DECREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND
25 MPH LATER IN THE DAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN...HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL
PERSIST TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING EXPOSURES. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG LOW-
LYING SHORES. SURF WILL SUBSIDE BY 2 TO 3 FEET ON FRIDAY. AT GUAM
AND ROTA...SURF SHOULD REMAIN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS...BUT COULD
REACH UP TO 7 TO 8 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING ACROSS THE MARIANAS...WITH STRONGEST AMOUNTS FALLING OVER
GUAM AND ROTA AND LESSER AMOUNTS FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN. FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY AS
HEAVY SHOWERS BEGIN MOVING IN OVER THE MARIANAS.

&&

.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.

$$

M AYDLETT
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