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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
942 PM CHST SAT FEB 10 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W PASSING SOUTH OF FAIS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR KOROR PALAU.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS, ULITHI, YAP AND
NGULU IN YAP STATE...AND KAYANGEL IN PALAU.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
141.0 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 250 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FARAULEP
  145 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF FAIS
  200 MILES WEST OF WOLEAI
  180 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI
  235 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF YAP
  245 MILES EAST OF NGULU
  470 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM
  430 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL PALAU
  455 MILES EAST OF KOROR PALAU

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 22 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS EXPECTED MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT STRENGTH
AS IT PASSES ACROSS WESTERN YAP STATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
IT SHOULD RESUME A GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHILE
APPROACHING PALAU.

...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON FAIS AND ULITHI SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE STURDY STRUCTURES
AS DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH
AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING. STAY INFORMED WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
ON THE LATEST INFORMATION.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS
WILL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN
15 AND 25 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 10 TO 14 FT
ON EAST FACING REEFS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
STORM SURGE WITH INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD
COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING.

...YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON YAP AND NGULU SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE STURDY STRUCTURES AS
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH
AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING. STAY INFORMED WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
ON THE LATEST INFORMATION.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING
WILL TURN EAST LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST
AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 10 TO 14 FT
ON EAST FACING REEFS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM
SURGE WITH INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD
COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN PALAU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL SHOULD RUSH TO FINISH PREPARATIONS FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN BY SUNDAY MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND STAY
THERE. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING.
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...
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
15 AND 25 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF TD 02W
TAKES IT CLOSER TO KOROR AND KAYANGEL. THEREFORE WINDS MAY INCREASE
FURTHER TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WINDS
SHOULD TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN
15 TO 25 MPH.

...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 BUILD TONIGHT. SURF WILL REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS
OF 9 TO 11 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND EAST FACING REEFS LATE SUNDAY
MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY.

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CHAN
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