[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 221711
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE (30W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM ChST Mon Dec 23 2019

...TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE MOVING NORTHWEST AWAY FROM NGULU...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
DAWN.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC
OF PALAU. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH DAWN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 9.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 136.0 DEGREES EAST.
THIS WAS ABOUT 120 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF NGULU AND 115 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL. PHANFONE IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE HAS MADE CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH TO NGULU
AND IS NOW MOVING AWAY FROM NGULU. IT WILL PASS NORTH OF KAYANGEL IN
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. PHANFONE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK GENERALLY WEST-
NORTHWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED
AS IT APPROACHES THE PHILIPPINES BY MIDWEEK.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 8 AM LATER THIS MORNING, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL WINDS AND RAIN HAVE SUBSIDED LATER THIS MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH DAYBREAK. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
CONDITIONS SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATER THIS MORNING.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AT NGULU. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED THE REST OF THE DAY.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION AS DAMAGING WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH DAWN.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN
TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO 14 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS MORNING BUT REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. STAY AWAY FROM REEF LINES AND EXPOSED SHORES ALONG NORTH
AND EAST FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

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AYDLETT
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