[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
249 PM CHST SAT AUG 18 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W CONTINUES TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.

A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN 36 TO 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.9 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 154.3 EAST. THIS IS
660 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...635 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
PAGAN...AND 615 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN. TROPICAL DEPRESSION
23W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND MAY
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM SUNDAY MORNING AND A TYPHOON MONDAY MORNING.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. IT IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE A SLIGHT TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 900 PM SATURDAY 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 TUESDAY NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BY
SUNDAY NIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH MONDAY
MORNING SHIFTING SOUTHWEST BY MONDAY NIGHT AND INCREASING TO 50 TO
60 MPH. SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY. THE CURRENT
FORECAST TAKES 23W TO THE NORTH OF AGRIHAN BUT A SHIFT OF THE TRACK
SOUTHWARD COULD BRING TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE OVER ANY
OF THESE ISLANDS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET BY MONDAY AND 12
TO 15 FEET OR HIGHER BY TUESDAY...DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF TD 23W.
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON ALL
THREE ISLANDS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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