[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 220532
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION PHANFONE (30W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
332 PM ChST Sun Dec 22 2019

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION PHANFONE SOUTHEAST OF NGULU...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W IS NAMED PHANFONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND NGULU IN YAP STATE.
FOR YAP...ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP STATE AND KOROR IN PALAU...REFER TO
THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNDER WMO HEADER WWPQ82 PGUM FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC
OF PALAU AND NGULU IN YAP STATE.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION PHANFONE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 7.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 138.5 DEGREES
EAST. PHANFONE IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS REMAINED NEAR 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION PHANFONE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PASS JUST NORTH OF KAYANGEL IN PALAU
NEAR DAYBREAK MONDAY. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR SHOULD PREVENT
SIGNIFICANT INTENSIFICATION BUT PHANFONE MIGHT STILL BECOME A WEAK
TROPICAL STORM THIS EVENING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 9 PM CHST, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRING ANY SMALL, LOOSE OBJECTS INDOORS. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT CROPS
OR OTHER PROPERTY NEXT TO THE BEACH WHERE SALT SPRAY COULD BECOME A
PROBLEM.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN EAST AND INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IF PHANFONE
STRENGTHEN FASTER OR SHIFT MORE NORTHWARD...WINDS COULD REACH
TROPICAL STORM FORCE TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS AT 11 TO 13 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL
PEAK AT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 13 TO 15 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SURF
SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TOWARD DAWN BUT WILL REMAIN AT HAZARDOUS
LEVELS OF 10 T0 12 FEET THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STAY AWAY
FROM REEF LINES AND EXPOSED SHORES ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS PROBABLE THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRING ANY SMALL, LOOSE OBJECT INDOORS. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT CROPS
OR OTHER PROPERTY NEXT TO THE BEACH WHERE SALT SPRAY COULD BECOME A
PROBLEM.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30
AND 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THEN THEY SHOULD TURN SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING.
IF PHANFONE STRENGTHEN FASTER OR SHIFT MORE SOUTHWARD...WINDS COULD
REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS
WILL PEAK BETWEEN 12 AND 14 FEET TONIGHT. SURF WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
STAY AWAY FROM REEF LINES AND EXPOSED SHORES ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

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CHAN
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