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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON JEBI (25W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
241 PM CHST THU AUG 30 2018

...TYPHOON JEBI MOVING WEST AS IT STRENGTHENS FURTHER...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON JEBI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
17.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.5 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT
170 MILES EAST OF ALAMAGAN...ABOUT 180 MILES EAST OF PAGAN AND 200
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN. STORM MOTION WAS TOWARD THE WEST AT
14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
JEBI WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. JEBI IS
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO TRACK THROUGH THE NORTHERN ISLANDS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS AS A MAJOR TYPHOON. AN
EYE PASSAGE IS LIKELY FOR PAGAN ISLAND.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 900 PM THIS EVENING...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...INCLUDING IDENTIFYING A SUITABLE
SHELTER...SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETE. AN EMERGENCY KIT SHOULD HAVE AT
LEAST A FEW DAYS WORTH OF FOOD AND WATER. IF A RADIO OR LIGHT IS
INCLUDED...BE SURE TO HAVE A FEW DAYS WORTH OF BATTERIES. TAKE ANY
MEDICATIONS INTO SHELTER WITH YOU. STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL THE WINDS
HAVE FULLY SUBSIDED. DON'T VENTURE FAR FROM SHELTER DURING EYE PASSAGE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF
40 MPH OR MORE AROUND SUNSET. DAMAGING NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...THEN REACHING TYPHOON-FORCE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. THE EYE COULD CROSS PAGAN WHERE VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS
WOULD DIMINISH SUDDENLY AND BECOME VERY LIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF MINUTES
TO AN HOUR FOLLOWED BY STRONG TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH. IF
THE EYE PASSES OVER...DO NOT MISTAKE THE EYE FOR THE END OF THE
STORM. DAMAGING WINDS WILL RESUME SUDDENLY...THIS TIME FROM THE
SOUTH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL INCREASE AS TYPHOON JEBI APPROACHES...AND COULD
REACH 30 OR EVEN 40 FEET NEAR THE CENTER OF JEBI. SURF COULD BUILD TO
HEIGHTS IN EXCESS OF 40 FEET WHICH COULD CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION UP
TO 15 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY.

...AGRIHAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...INCLUDING IDENTIFYING A SUITABLE
SHELTER...SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETE. AN EMERGENCY KIT SHOULD HAVE AT
LEAST A FEW DAYS WORTH OF FOOD AND WATER. IF A RADIO OR LIGHT IS
INCLUDED...BE SURE TO HAVE A FEW DAYS WORTH OF BATTERIES. TAKE ANY
MEDICATIONS INTO SHELTER WITH YOU. STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL WINDS HAVE
FULLY SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF
40 MPH OR MORE AROUND SUNSET. DAMAGING NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...AND WILL REACH TYPHOON FORCE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS THEY GRADUALLY BECOME EAST THEN SOUTHEAST. WINDS WILL THEN
GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER FRIDAY MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE
BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS LATE FRIDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL INCREASE AS TYPHOON JEBI APPROACHES...AND COULD
REACH 25 OR EVEN 35 FEET NEAR THE CENTER OF JEBI. SURF COULD BUILD TO
HEIGHTS IN EXCESS OF 35 FEET WHICH COULD CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION UP
TO 12 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY.

...ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...INCLUDING IDENTIFYING A SUITABLE
SHELTER...SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETE. AN EMERGENCY KIT SHOULD HAVE AT
LEAST A FEW DAYS WORTH OF FOOD AND WATER. IF A RADIO OR LIGHT IS
INCLUDED...BE SURE TO HAVE A FEW DAYS WORTH OF BATTERIES. TAKE ANY
MEDICATIONS INTO SHELTER WITH YOU. STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL WINDS HAVE
FULLY SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF
40 MPH OR MORE AROUND SUNSET. DAMAGING NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...AND WILL REACH TYPHOON FORCE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS THEY GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST THEN EVENTUALLY WEST AND
SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER FRIDAY MORNING...
AND ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS LATE FRIDAY AS
THEY BECOME SOUTHEAST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 20 TO 30 FEET ARE EXPECTED SLIGHTLY FARTHER FROM
THE CENTER OF JEBI. SURF COULD REACH 36 FEET WHICH COULD CAUSE
COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 12 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

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STANKO
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