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

...TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT MERGING WITH THE FRONT TO THE NORTH...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN THE NORTHERN
MARIANAS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AS OF 5 PM CHST.

.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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN THE NORTHERN
MARIANAS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AS OF 5 PM CHST, LEAVING NO WATCHES OR
WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.0 EAST. THIS IS
ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN AND 120 MILES NORTH OF
PAGAN.

TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 14
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT IS WEAKENING RAPIDLY AS IT IS BEING ABSORBED
INTO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO ITS NORTH. ALL THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE NOW, ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ON TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT.

...AGRIHAN AND PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN IN SHELTER OVERNIGHT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AS AGRIHAN AND
PAGAN ARE NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD PAST PAGAN AND WINDS AND
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FRONT AND ARE NOW
ESTIMATED AS WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. BY SUNRISE WINDS WILL TURN FROM
THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
CROSSES THE ISLANDS. WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND START
TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET ALONG ALL EXCEPT EAST FACING REEFS
WILL TURN ON MONDAY BECOMING HAZARDOUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET ALONG
ALL EXCEPT SOUTH FACING REEFS. SURF WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH...
HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. WAVES
WILL BE MORE THAN 10 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO SWELLS CREATED
BY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT ABSORBED TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT.

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STANKO
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