[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JEBI (25W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
841 AM CHST WED AUG 29 2018

...TROPICAL STORM JEBI CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.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 REMAINS 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 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEBI WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 153.7 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS
ABOUT 515 MILES EAST OF ALAMAGAN...ABOUT 525 EAST OF PAGAN AND 540
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN. STORM MOTION WAS TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM JEBI IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. JEBI IS MOVING TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO TURN 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 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 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 SATURDAY MORNING.
NOW IS THE TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR TYPHOON
DISASTER PLAN OR DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND YOUR LOCAL 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 INCREASE AS JEBI APPROACHES...POSSIBLY UP TO 90 MPH FRIDAY
MORNING. THE EXACT WIND DIRECTION WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER THE STORM TRACK
PASSES NORTH OR SOUTH OF YOUR ISLAND.  IT IS TOO EARLY TO ASCERTAIN THAT
TRACK.

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

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

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