[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CIMARON (23W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
848 AM CHST SUN AUG 19 2018

...TROPICAL STORM CIMARON MOVING WEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CIMARON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.0 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS 495 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...465 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN...AND 450 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN.
CIMARON IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM CIMARON WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY AND MAY BECOME A
TYPHOON ON MONDAY. WHILE IT IS CURRENTLY MOVING WEST...CIMARON IS
EXPECTED TO TURN BACK TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY...AND MAINTAIN A
NORTHWEST TRACK THROUGH TUESDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
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 PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL BOATS ON ALL
ISLANDS SHOULD BE WELL SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY
SUNDAY NIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH MONDAY
MORNING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING
MONDAY NIGHT. NEAR-TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT.


...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF COULD EASILY BUILD UP TO 15 OR 20 FEET AS CIMARON
PASSES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. INUNDATION OF 3 TO 4 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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