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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM 02W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
342 PM CHST SUN FEB 11 2018

...TROPICAL STORM 02W WEAKENS AS IT APPROACHES PALAU...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP STATE IS
CANCELED.

SYSTEM CENTER RELOCATED AND SYSTEM HAS WEAKENED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU...AND
YAP AND NGULU IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP STATE IS CANCELED.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 02W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 6.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.3
DEGREES EAST.

ABOUT  300 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
       265 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI
       195 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
       105 MILES SOUTH OF NGULU
       200 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL PALAU
       200 MILES EAST OF KOROR PALAU

TROPICAL STORM 02W IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM 02W IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BRINGING 02W NEAR KOROR LATE
THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS
THAT 02W HAS SLOWED IN FORWARD MOTION AND WEAKENED. TROPICAL
STORM 02W IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN
GENERAL...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

...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 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SHIFT TO THE EAST THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL PEAK TONIGHT AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH TO
BETWEEN 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN SHOWERS BY DAWN.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 6 TO 8 FT ON NORTH FACING REEFS AND 8 TO 11 FT ON EAST
FACING REEFS WILL BUILD QUICKLY TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 13 FT
ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS EVENING. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY. FLASH FLOODING IN
HILLY AREAS OF BABELDAOB IS POSSIBLE. EXPECT PERIODS OF FREQUENT
LIGHTNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR PEOPLE ON YAP AND NGULU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED. HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL OCCUR
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FT ON EAST FACING REEFS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND FALL BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS MONDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

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M. AYDLETT/GUARD
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