[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN (17W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
841 PM CHST FRI AUG 3 2018

...TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND
ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.2 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS 295 MILES EAST OF AGRIHAN...290 MILES EAST OF PAGAN...
AND 285 MILES EAST OF ALAMAGAN. SHANSHAN IS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST
AT 2 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON
BY SATURDAY EVENING. SHANSHAN IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...BUT IS
EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL TAKE SHANSHAN TO WITHIN 215 MILES NORTHEAST OF
AGRIHAN EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED AT AGRIHAN AND PAGAN SATURDAY MORNING...AND AROUND NOON ON
ALAMAGAN.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...
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 SHOULD BE SECURED. AVOID INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO WEST-SOUTHWEST
OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 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 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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