[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 221036
HLSPQ1

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

...TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE PASSING JUST SOUTH OF NGULU...

.NEW INFORMATION...
PHANFONE HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE.

.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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC
OF PALAU. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 8.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.5 DEGREES EAST.
PHANFONE IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK GENERALLY WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PASS JUST SOUTHWEST OF
NGULU LATER TONIGHT...AND THEN NORTH OF KAYANGEL NEAR DAYBREAK MONDAY
MORNING. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR SHOULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT
INTENSIFICATION BUT PHANFONE IS SO CLOSE TO NGULU THAT DAMAGING WINDS
WILL LAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 3 AM CHST EARLY MONDAY MORNING, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY NOW AND RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN
INDOORS UNTIL WINDS AND RAIN HAVE SUBSIDED NEAR MID MONDAY MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN WINDS WILL TURN TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD DAWN MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 15 FEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE
GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 11 TO 13 FEET BY DAWN.
HAZARDOUS SURF SHOULD SUBSIDE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET
BY NOON MONDAY. STAY AWAY FROM REEF LINES AND EXPOSED SHORES ALONG
NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
PERIODS OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2
INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FINISH PREPARATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND STAY INFORMED ON THE
LATEST STORM INFORMATION AS DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER
TONIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN THEY SHOULD TURN TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE MONDAY MORNING. IF PHANFONE
STRENGTHEN FASTER OR SHIFT MORE SOUTHWARD...DAMAGING WINDS COULD
STILL OCCUR LATE 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 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURF WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH LATE 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 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

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CHAN
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