[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
853 AM CHST SAT SEP 8 2018

...MANGKHUT IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
MANGKHUT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM.

.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.

DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 163.2
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 130 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ENEWETAK.
MANGKHUT WAS MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MANGKHUT IS STEADILY STRENGTHENING AND MOVING FASTER. IT IS NOW
EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 130 MILES NORTH OF ENEWETAK ATOLL IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. ANY SOUTHWARD DEVIATION ON THE FORECAST TRACK CAN STILL
INCREASE THE CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS ON ENEWETAK ATOLL THIS MORNING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

...ENEWETAK ATOLL...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON ENEWETAK SHOULD REMAIN IN SHELTER OR STURDY STRUCTURES AS
DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SMALL BOATS SHOULD BE
WELL SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. LISTEN TO DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SHOWERS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 FEET
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG NORTH AND
WEST FACING REEFS WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEF BY NOON. HAZARDOUS
SURF SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DROP TO BETWEEN 6
AND 8 FEET LATER TONIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS COULD STILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY
SUNDAY MORNING.

$$

CHAN
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