[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W (TWO) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
312 PM CHST FRI FEB 9 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W SLOWLY STRENGTHENING 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS, ULITHI, YAP AND
NGULU IN YAP STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 10.9 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 146.8 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 245 MILES NORTH OF SATAWAL
        ABOUT 220 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARAULEP
        ABOUT 225 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
        ABOUT 310 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOLEAI
        ABOUT 435 MILES EAST OF FAIS
        ABOUT 495 MILES EAST OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 600 MILES EAST OF YAP
        ABOUT 660 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NGULU

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH.


.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING AND IS STILL
EXPECTED TO PASS FAIRLY CLOSE TO SEVERAL ISLANDS IN YAP STATE THIS
WEEKEND.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON FAIS...ULITHI...YAP AND NGULU SHOULD CONTINUE PREPARATIONS
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. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS ON IMPACTED
ISLANDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT THEN BUILD TO
BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN
INCREASE FURTHER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD PEAK AT 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BY
SUNDAY MORNING...WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST WITH WIND
SPEEDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 5 TO 7 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 7 TO 9 FT ON EAST FACING
REEFS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT. SURF WILL THEN INCREASE TO
HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 12 TO 16 FT
ON EAST FACING REEFS AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W PASSES BY. STORM
SURGE WITH INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD
COASTAL AREAS.

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

$$

STANKO
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