[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 090101
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W (TWO) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1101 AM CHST FRI FEB 9 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W FORMS SOUTHEAST OF GUAM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON YAP...NGULU...ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FAIS...ULITHI...YAP...
NGULU AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 NM IN YAP STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 147.3 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 235 MILES NORTH OF SATAWAL
        ABOUT 240 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARAULEP
        ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
        ABOUT 330 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOLEAI
        ABOUT 465 MILES EAST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 525 MILES EAST OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 630 MILES EAST OF YAP
        ABOUT 690 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NGULU

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W HAS FORMED SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. IT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE GENERALLY WESTWARD WHILE INTENSIFYING. IT WILL MOVE CLOSER
TO THE ISLANDS OF WESTERN YAP STATE AND COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.

...FAIS...ULITHI...YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON FAIS...ULITHI...YAP AND NGULU SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT RETURN
TO PORT. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED. STOCK UP ON FOOD AND WATER...AND BATTERIES AND GASOLINE
IF NEEDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT THEN BUILD
TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SATURDAY THEN PERHAPS HIGHER BASED ON THE
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 7 TO 9 FEET ALONG EAST FACING REEFS WILL BUILD TO HAZARDOUS
LEVELS OF AT LEAST 9 TO 12 FEET ON SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SURF COULD
THEN SPREAD TO OTHER SHORES AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W APPROACHES.
COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 1 FOOT IS EXPECTED ALONG EAST FACING SHORES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

STANKO
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