[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION MANGKHUT LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
246 AM CHST SAT SEP 8 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MANGKHUT STRENGTHENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS NAMED MANGKHUT.

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ENEWETAK.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
MANGKHUT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
164.8 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 190 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
ENEWETAK. MANGKHUT WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MANGKHUT IS STEADILY STRENGTHENING AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM TODAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF ENEWETAK
ATOLL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY SOUTHWARD DEVIATION ON
THE FORECAST TRACK WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS ON
ENEWETAK ATOLL. WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS NEAR BIKINI AND RONGELAP
ATOLLS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TODAY AS MANGKHUT MOVES FARTHER AWAY.

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

...ENEWETAK ATOLL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON ENEWETAK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SMALL BOATS SHOULD BE WELL SECURED.
AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY DAWN AND LISTEN TO DIRECTIONS
FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING WEST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS WILL RISE AND REACH 8 TO 10 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS
WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEF BY THIS EVENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ON
ENEWETAK ATOLL BY SUNDAY MORNING.

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CHAN
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