[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
313 PM CHST SUN APR 1 2018

...TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT WEAKENING RAPIDLY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN
MARIANAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.5 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 85 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 290 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN

TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
JELAWAT IS WEAKENING RAPIDLY AND COULD SOON BE DOWNGRADED TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION. SHORTLY AFTER THAT IT WILL BE ABSORBED INTO A
MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LOCATED NEAR FARALLON DE PAJAROS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 900 PM CHST...OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN AND PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN SHOULD REMAIN IN SHELTER THROUGH
TONIGHT. KEEP SMALL BOATS ON BOTH ISLANDS INLAND BEYOND THE REACH
OF THE WAVES. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH NEAR SHOWERS
ON BOTH ISLANDS THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AROUND
MIDNIGHT AS JELAWAT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET ALONG THE NORTH...WEST AND SOUTH FACING SHORES
ON BOTH ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY
DIMINISH STARTING MONDAY. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE
ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO A HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN ON BOTH ISLANDS THROUGH TONIGHT.

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STANKO
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