[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W NOW A TROPICAL STORM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS 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 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 23W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 153.7 EAST. THIS IS
605 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...580 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
PAGAN...AND 565 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN. TROPICAL STORM 23W
IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM 23W SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND MAY
BECOME A TYPHOON ON MONDAY. TROPICAL STORM 23W IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT
9 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS GENERAL COURSE AND SPEED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 300 AM EARLY SUNDAY 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 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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