[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 290415
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JEBI (25W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
215 PM CHST WED AUG 29 2018

...TROPICAL STORM JEBI STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY...

.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 100 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEBI WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.9 DEGREES EAST. THIS
IS ABOUT 465 MILES EAST OF ALAMAGAN...ABOUT 470 EAST OF PAGAN AND
485 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN. STORM MOTION WAS TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM JEBI IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. JEBI
IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO
TURN TOWARD THE WEST OVER THE NEXT 24 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 900 PM THIS EVENING...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED 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. PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR TYPHOON
DISASTER PLAN OR DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE
SHOULD BE UNDERWAY.

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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