[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 111044
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SANBA (02W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
844 PM CHST SUN FEB 11 2018

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

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANBA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 7.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 135.2
DEGREES EAST.

ABOUT 260 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAP
      180 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
       75 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL PALAU
       55 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU

TROPICAL STORM SANBA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SANBA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BRINGING SANBA NEAR KOROR LATE
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM SANBA 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. HEED DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SHIFT TO THE EAST TONIGHT.
WINDS WILL PEAK OVERNIGHT AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
WINDS WILL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 25
AND 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...
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY. FLASH FLOODING IN
HILLY AREAS OF BABELDAOB IS POSSIBLE.

$$

M. AYDLETT/W. AYDLETT
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