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

...TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR KAYANGEL
AND NGULU.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND NGULU IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE IS CANCELED.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU IS
CANCELED.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 9.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 134.8 DEGREES EAST.
THIS WAS ABOUT 200 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF NGULU AND 95 MILES NORTH
OF KAYANGEL. PHANFONE IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
AWAY FROM NGULU AND IS CURRENTLY NORTH OF KAYANGEL. 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...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FOR TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO 13 FEET WILL TODAY 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...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER POSSIBLE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY 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 NOT EXPECTED.

$$

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