[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES NORTH-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 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.9 EAST.
THIS IS 240 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...260 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PAGAN...AND 275 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN. SHANSHAN IS
MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON
TONIGHT. SHANSHAN IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 9 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 THIS
AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
AT AGRIHAN, PAGAN, AND ALAMAGAN THROUGH TONIGHT.

.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 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
THIS AFTERNOON AT AGRIHAN, PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. 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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