[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SUN APR 01 2018

...TYPHOON JELAWAT WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN AND
PAGAN

.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 WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.8 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT 125 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 135 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 280 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN

TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT IS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
JELAWAT IS WEAKENING AND HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL
STORM...AND WILL PASS AROUND 25 MILES NORTH OF AGRIHAN LATE TONIGHT
OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

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

...AGRIHAN AND PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN SHOULD 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...
SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ON BOTH ISLANDS THIS MORNING WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN 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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