[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TYPHOON WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
GUAM HAS BEEN PUT INTO CONDITION OF READINESS 3. ROTA...TINIAN
AND SAIPAN HAVE BEEN PUT INTO TYPHOON CONDITION OF READINESS 3
AS WELL.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN IN
THE MARIANA ISLANDS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS...BY MONDAY EVENING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 160.0
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 955 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN...960 MILES
EAST OF TINIAN...990 MILES EAST OF ROTA AND 1025 MILES EAST OF GUAM.
MANGKHUT IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MANGKHUT IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...AND IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO A
MORE WESTERLY COURSE THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT WOULD BRING IT INTO THE
MARIANA ISLANDS AS A TYPHOON LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

...GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND START PREPARING FOR THE
ONSET OF DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF FOOD...WATER...AND NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
FILL YOUR VEHICLES WITH FUEL...ENSURE YOUR GENERATOR IS IN GOOD
WORKING ORDER...AND HAVE EXTRA SUPPLIES OF FUEL FOR ITS OPERATION.
CLEAR YOUR PROPERTY OF POTENTIAL DEBRIS. HAVE A PORTABLE RADIO READY
FOR RECEIVING STORM INFORMATION.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
MORE ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING.

.STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF AND COASTAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY AS MANGKHUT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. STAY AWAY FROM
BEACHES...AND IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE SHORE HAVE A DESIGNATED SHELTER
TO GO TO AHEAD OF THE STORM.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAIN OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE AS MANGKHUT PASSES.

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