[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON CIMARON (23W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
457 PM CHST TUE AUG 21 2018

...TYPHOON CIMARON MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CIMARON (23W) WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 20.5N...LONGITUDE 144.5E. THIS WAS ABOUT 140 MILES NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN...ABOUT 380 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND
ABOUT 485 MILES NORTH OF GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON CIMARON WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
CIMARON IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH...AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN
CNMI. CIMARON IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS TRACK THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS. A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND
ALAMAGAN.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN SHOULD REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL
WINDS AND RAIN SUBSIDE. SMALL BOATS ON ALL ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN
WELL SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH TONIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE OCCURRING. THESE
NEAR-TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS CIMARON
MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN CNMI.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET IS LIKELY TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS
CIMARON CONTINUES NORTHWEST. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET IS LIKELY
ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ON ALL THREE ISLANDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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