[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JEBI (25W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
831 PM CHST TUE AUG 28 2018

...TROPICAL STORM JEBI MOVING NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (CNMI).

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.

A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEBI WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 155.8 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS
ABOUT 660 MILES EAST OF ALAMAGAN...ABOUT 670 EAST OF PAGAN AND 685
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN. STORM MOTION WAS TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM JEBI IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. JEBI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED
TO TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE WEST OVER THE
NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THIS WILL BRING JEBI CLOSE TO AGRIHAN...PAGAN
AND ALAMAGAN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A TYPHOON WATCH
IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 300 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...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 SATURDAY MORNING. NOW IS THE TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS
ACCORDING TO YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PLAN.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH THURSDAY WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
AND COULD INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BACK AS JEBI APPROACHES...BECOMING WEST AT UP TO
80 MPH FRIDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET ARE LIKELY NEAR JEBI AS IT PASSES THE ISLANDS
AND THIS COULD PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS SURF. SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 15
AND 30 FEET WITH 6 TO 8 FEET OF COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN ON ALL
THREE ISLANDS THROUGH SATURDAY.

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