[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION(26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
241 PM CHST FRI SEP 7 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W FORMS NORTH OF KWAJALEIN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ENEWETAK

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ENEWETAK IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ENEWETAK.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 167.5 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 350 MILES EAST OF ENEWETAK. TD 26W WAS MOVING
WEST AT 18 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AND COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST
AT 18 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO STAY ON THIS HEADING THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED..

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 900 PM THIS EVENING...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...ENEWETAK AND NEARBY ATOLLS AND ISLANDS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON ENEWETAK...BIKINI AND RONGELAP SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL BOATS ON ALL
ISLANDS SHOULD BE WELL SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE UNDERWAY ACCORDING TO
YOUR TROPICAL STORM DISASTER PLAN OR DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AS 26W PASSES TO
THE NORTH OF ENEWETAK BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY AS 26W PASSES NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.
SURF COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FEET
IF 26W PASSES CLOSE TO THE ISLANDS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ON THESE
ISLANDS THROUGH SATURDAY.

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