[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ82 PGUM 282155
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
755 AM CHST THU SEP 29 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA STILL MOVING WEST AWAY FROM MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN HAS
BEEN CANCELED.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NONE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
CHABA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 DEGREES NORTH
AND LONGITUDE 143.5 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 155 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN...ABOUT 145 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN...ABOUT 115 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ROTA
AND ABOUT 110 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) IS MOVING WEST AT 13 MPH. CHABA
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY...HOWEVER IT IS ALREADY
MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IN THE MARIANAS HAS PASSED.

....WIND INFORMATION...
FOR GUAM AND ROTA...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

AT SAIPAN AND TINIAN...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL BE ELEVATED THE NEXT DAY OR TWO ALONG WEST FACING REEFS.
HOWEVER IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS GUAM AND ROTA.
RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS TINIAN AND
SAIPAN. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY AS
SHOWERS BEGIN MOVING IN OVER GUAM AND ROTA.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W).

$$

STANKO
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