[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST SUN APR 01 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 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON JELAWAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.8 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT 190 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 200 MILES WEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 310 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN

TYPHOON JELAWAT IS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON JELAWAT IS WEAKENING AND COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL
STORM SOMETIME TODAY...BUT WILL PASS AROUND 25 MILES NORTH OF
AGRIHAN LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 900 AM CHST...OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN AND PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS. SMALL BOATS ON BOTH ISLANDS
SHOULD BE SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON BOTH ISLANDS THIS MORNING WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THEN SOUTHWEST. WINDS ON AGRIHAN WILL
REACH 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH NEAR SHOWERS THROUGH THE
DAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY TONIGHT 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 TODAY...THEN BUILD TO BETWEEN 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 THROUGH TONIGHT.

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