[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 261004
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
804 PM CHST MON MAR 26 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT WEST OF NGULU MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
JELAWAT WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 8.4 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 136.1 DEGREES EAST.  THIS IS

ABOUT  95 MILES WEST OF NGULU
ABOUT 100 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
ABOUT 140 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KOROR
ABOUT 155 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
ABOUT 680 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM

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

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT REMAINS DISORGANIZED AND HAS SEEN LITTLE
CHANGE IN INTENSITY TODAY...BUT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT COULD BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM LATE TONIGHT OR ON TUESDAY.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT
LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. 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.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 13 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES WILL SPREAD TO
WEST FACING SHORES. 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 LESS THAN ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

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