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TROPICAL STORM 02W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
910 AM CHST SUN FEB 11 2018

...TROPICAL STORM 02W CONTINUES WESTWARD TOWARD KOROR...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM 02W.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR FAIS AND ULITHI IN YAP STATE IS
CANCELED.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR FAIS AND ULITHI IN YAP STATE IS
CANCELLED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN
THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE.


.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 02W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 6.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 136.5 DEGREES
EAST.

ABOUT  345 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
       305 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI
       220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
       130 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
       155 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL PALAU
       150 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU

TROPICAL STORM 02W IS MOVING WEST AT 29 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM 02W IS MOVING WEST AT 29 MPH BUT A GRADUAL
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE
02W JUST SOUTH OF KOROR AND KAYANGEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
THEN TOWARD MINDANAO ON TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM 02W WILL INTENSIFY
AND MIGHT BECOME A TYPHOON MONDAY NIGHT WEST OF PALAU.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED PREPARATIONS
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN BY NOW. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY
MORNING. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS ON IMPACTED
ISLANDS. LISTEN TO DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30
AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY NOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
EAST AND PEAK AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TONIGHT...WINDS SHOULD TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
IN SHOWERS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 6 TO 9 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 8 TO 11 FT ON EAST
FACING REEFS WILL BUILD QUICKLY TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 11 TO 14 FT
ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS BY NOON TODAY. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY. FLASH FLOODING IN
HILLY AREAS OF BABELDAOB IS POSSIBLE.

YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON YAP AND NGULU SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AS DAMAGING WINDS
AND HEAVY SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF
DAMAGING GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVY SHOWERS. 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 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS MORNING. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 10 TO 12 FT
ON EAST FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION OF LESS THEN 1 FOOT REMAINS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD
COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

ULITHI AND FAIS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR PEOPLE ON FAIS AND ULITHI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED. HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL OCCUR
TODAY. 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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS MORNING. BY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-
SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 10 TO 12
FT ON EAST FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.

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M. AYDLETT/GUARD
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