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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 17W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
235 PM CHST FRI AUG 3 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 17W PROMPTS TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN, AGRIHAN AND
ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND
ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 17W
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.1
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS 295 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...285 MILES
EAST OF PAGAN...AND 275 MILES EAST OF ALAMAGAN. 17W IS MOVING WEST-
SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH. A QUICK TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED BY THIS
EVENING...AND THIS NORTHWESTWARD TRACK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...17W PASSES ABOUT 175 MLES NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
ISLAND AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAIND WINDS ARE CURRENTLY
35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 17W IS STRENGTHENING AND WILL LIKELY BE A
TROPICAL STORM BY THIS EVENING. 17W IS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST BUT IS
EXPECTED TO TURN QUICKLY NORTHWEST BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL TAKE
17W NEAREST TO AGRIHAN AROUND NOON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT AGRIHAN AND PAGAN AS EARLY AS 700 AM SATURDAY
MORNING...AND AROUND 900 AM ON ALAMAGAN.

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

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL BOATS ON BOTH ISLANDS SHOULD BE SECURED.
AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
TO WEST-SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT TO 35 TO 45 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AROUND 700 AM SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO SOUTHWEST AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING
BEFORE SUBSIDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET TONIGHT ALONG NORTH AND
WEST FACING SHORES...THEN BUILD TO BETWEEN 13 TO 15 FEET ON SATURDAY
ALONG WEST AND SOUTH FACING REEFS. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON ALL
THREE ISLANDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

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