[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
913 PM CHST SAT MAR 31 2018

...JELAWAT WEAKENING RAPIDLY WEST OF AGRIHAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN
MARIANAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON JELAWAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 141.5 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT 275 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 285 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 380 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN

TYPHOON JELAWAT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 100 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON JELAWAT IS WEAKENING AND COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL
STORM OVERNIGHT...OR SOMETIME SUNDAY...BUT WILL PASS AROUND 105
MILES NORTH OF AGRIHAN SOMETIME MONDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 300 AM CHST...OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN AND PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS. PEOPLE ON PAGAN SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AS ANY SOUTHWARD DEVIATION ON THE TRACK COULD
PUT PAGAN INTO A WATCH OR WARNING LATER. SMALL BOATS ON BOTH ISLANDS
SHOULD BE SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ON BOTH ISLANDS THIS EVENING WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THEN SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS ON AGRIHAN COULD INCREASE
FURTHER TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS BY
SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY AS JELAWAT
WEAKENS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 11 TO 13 FEET ALONG THE NORTH...WEST AND SOUTH FACING SHORES
ON BOTH ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THEN BUILD TO BETWEEN 11 AND
13 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN 13 TO 15 FEET ON MONDAY. INUNDATION
OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ON BOTH
ISLANDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

STANKO
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