[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN (17W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
852 AM CHST SAT AUG 4 2018

...TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES 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 MARIANA ISLANDS.

.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 TODAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.1 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS 230 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...240 MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF PAGAN... AND 250 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN.
SHANSHAN IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON
BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SHANSHAN IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH...AND
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS GENERAL MOTION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THIS WILL TAKE SHANSHAN TO WITHIN 220 MILES NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE AT AGRIHAN AND PAGAN THIS MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED AROUND
NOON ON ALAMAGAN.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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

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

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AT AGRIHAN AND PAGAN AND
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT ALAMAGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 11 TO 13 FEET ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES WILL BUILD
TO BETWEEN 13 AND 15 FEET THROUGH THE DAY 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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