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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
831 PM CHST SUN MAR 25 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.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 WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE, AND KAYANGEL AND KOROR IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.6 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 139.7 DEGREES EAST.

ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
ABOUT 225 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTH OF ULITHI
ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF YAP
ABOUT 360 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
ABOUT 365 MILES EAST OF KOROR

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

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

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WILL BE AT 200 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

...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 REMAIN IN PORT.
AVOID INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 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 INCREASE
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...BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON KOROR...BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE
LIKELIHOOD OF MARGINAL DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT MONDAY. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST...
INCREASING FURTHER TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
MONDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY WHILE SLOWLY DECREASING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 9 TO 11 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL BUILD TO
BETWEEN 10 AND 13 FEET OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS
AT 12 TO 16 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL GRADUALLY BUILD ALONG
WEST FACING REEFS...REACHING DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 14 FEET
MONDAY NIGHT. 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 3 TO 6 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 SHOULD BE SECURED. AVOID
INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT THEN BUILD TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 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 13 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SURF COULD REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 15
FEET OVERNIGHT. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BELOW DANGEROUS
LEVELS MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS. HIGH
SURF 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 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

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