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TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1021 AM CHST SUN MAR 25 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W FORMED SOUTHWEST OF WOLEAI...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ULITHI, FAIS, YAP AND
NGULU IN YAP STATE, AND KAYANGEL AND KOROR IN PALAU.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 5.7 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 142.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 545 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR
        ABOUT 540 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
        ABOUT 385 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP
        ABOUT 370 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
        ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI
        ABOUT 305 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF FAIS

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS SLOWLY STRENGTHENING AND IS EXPECTED TO
PASS BETWEEN KOROR AND YAP ON MONDAY.

...YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON YAP AND NGULU SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT.
AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. STOCK
UP ON FOOD AND WATER.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT TO EAST ON MONDAY AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT WHILE SLOWLY DECREASING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 14 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SURF IS EXPECTED TO REACH
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 16 FT TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO SPREAD TO
SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS 03W PASSES
BY. STORM SURGE WITH INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG
WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BY
EVENING. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
SUBSIDED. STOCK UP ON FOOD AND WATER.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH
TONIGHT. ON MONDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST...INCREASING
FURTHER TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHILE SLOWLY DECREASING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 10 AND 13 FEET
OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS AT 12 TO 16 FEET
MONDAY. SURF WILL GRADUALLY BUILD ALONG WEST FACING REEFS...REACHING
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 16 FEET ON MONDAY. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WHERE THE REEFS ARE NARROW.
THIS PRIMARILY INCLUDES ANGAUR...PELELIU...BABELDAOB...AND KAYANGEL.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...ULITHI AND FAIS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON FAIS AND ULITHI SHOULD PREPARE 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 IF NEEDED. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS
ON IMPACTED ISLANDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT THEN BUILD TO
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 14 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SURF COULD REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 16
FEET OVERNIGHT. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BELOW DANGEROUS
LEVELS MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS. STORM
SURGE WITH INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG
WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS OF ULITHI AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

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W. AYDLETT
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