[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1213 AM CHST SUN SEP 9 2018

...TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT CLEARLY STRENGTHENING...

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN.

A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
48 HOURS...BY MONDAY EVENING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT (26W) WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.7N...LONGITUDE 158.8E. THIS WAS ABOUT
940 MILES EAST OF GUAM AND 870 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN. STORM MOTION
WAS WEST-NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 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.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GUZ001>004-082215-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.A.4026.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-
1213 AM CHST SUN SEP 9 2018

...TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY CALM AND KEEP INFORMED. COMPLY WITH ANY EVACUATION ORDERS
THAT ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH
WINDS, OR YOU LIVE IN A SURGE ZONE OR ANY LOCATION PRONE TO
FLOODING, EVACUATE TO A DESIGNATED SHELTER OR RIDE OUT THE STORM
IN THE STURDY HOME OF FAMILY OR FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF EVACUATION
ZONES.

REGARDING YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS, COVER ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS WITH
SHUTTERS OR PLYWOOD. MOVE PATIO FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS
INDOORS. BRACE ALL EXTERIOR DOORS, INCLUDING GARAGE DOORS. DO
THIS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE HARDWARE STORE, THE GROCERY
STORE, OR THE GAS STATION, DO SO AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT (26W) MOVES CLOSER, THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST
IS FOR TYPHOON FORCE WINDS FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING TO EARLY
TUESDAY EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY
FORECAST TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SURF WILL REACH HEIGHTS IN EXCESS OF 30 FEET WITHIN THE EYEWALL OF
MANGKHUT. SURF WILL REACH LESSER HEIGHTS...BUT STILL HAZARDOUS IN
EXCESS OF 9 FEET...FARTHER FROM THE CENTER. IN ADDITION...STORM SURGE
OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER. TOGETHER...THE SURF AND
SURGE COULD EASILY PRODUCE COASTAL INUNDATION OF 10 FEET OR MORE NEAR
THE CENTER OF MANGKHUT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AREAS NEAR THE CENTER OF MANGKHUT COULD RECEIVE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF
HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

$$

STANKO
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