[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 260523
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
323 PM CHST MON MAR 26 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT MOVING AWAY FROM NGULU...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP STATE IS
CANCELLED.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KAYANGEL IN PALAU.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
JELAWAT WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.8 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 137.2 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT  40 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
ABOUT 170 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL
ABOUT 195 MILES EAST OF KOROR

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT HAS SEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY
TODAY...BUT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR TUESDAY.
JELAWAT IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL THIS
EVENING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT WILL BE
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 900 PM THIS EVENING.

...YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT
LEAST THROUGH THIS TONIGHT. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW
DAYS ON AFFECTED ISLANDS. HEED DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE DURING HEAVY
SHOWERS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET ON EAST FACING SHORES WILL SPREAD TO
SOUTH FACING SHORES TONIGHT. SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN
7 AND 9 FEET ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING SHORES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MINOR INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL
AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST BUT
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ABOUT AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TUESDAY.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT
LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS ON
AFFECTED ISLANDS. HEED DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEST EARLY TUESDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE DURING HEAVY
SHOWERS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 13 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES WILL SPREAD TO
WEST FACING SHORES THIS EVENING. SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO
BETWEEN 7 AND 9 FEET ALONG EAST FACING SHORES...BUT WILL SPREAD TO
SOUTH FACING SHORES TUESDAY. MINOR INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS
POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

$$

W. AYDLETT
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