[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Tue Feb 19 05:25:55 CST 2019

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
925 PM CHST TUE FEB 19 2019

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W NEWLY FORMED SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI
STATE...AND LUKUNOR...LOSAP AND CHUUK IN CHUUK STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FANANU...PULUWAT AND
ULUL IN CHUUK STATE AND SATAWAL IN YAP STATE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON NUKUORO IN POHNPEI STATE...CHUUK...PULUWAT...ULUL...
FANANU...LOSAP AND LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE AND SATAWAL IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI
STATE...AND LUKUNOR...LOSAP AND CHUUK IN CHUUK STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS BETWEEN 39 AND 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT
24 HOURS OR ARE OCCURRING.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FANANU...PULUWAT AND
ULUL IN CHUUK STATE AND SATAWAL IN YAP STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W WAS LOCATED NEAR 4.4N 157.6E. THIS
IS ABOUT 185 MILES EAST OF NUKUORO...ABOUT 260 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF LUKUNOR...375 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP...445 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK AND 1075 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS
WEST AT 15 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT TRACK FOR NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION O2W IS TOWARD
THE WEST...MOVING VERY CLOSE TO NUKUORO IN POHNPEI STATE WITHIN THE
NEXT 8 TO 12 HOURS AND NEAR LUKUNOR...LOSAP AND CHUUK IN CHUUK STATE
IN THE NEXT 16 TO 24 HOURS. 02W IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY MORNING.

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

...NUKUORO...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
AFTERNOON. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AS YOU SECURE CANOES AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY AS THE STORM APPROACHES. AVOID ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS
AS FAR INLAND AS POSSIBLE. ONCE IN THE SHELTER...REMAIN THERE UNTIL
GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...
BECOMING WEST AT 30 TO 40 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
POSSIBLY FALLING BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...
REACHING HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST SEAS
ARE LIKELY AFTER THE STORM PASSES. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS
POSSIBLE AS THE STORM PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

...CHUUK...LOSAP...LUKUNOR AND NEARBY ISLANDS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AS YOU SECURE CANOES AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY AS THE STORM APPROACHES. AVOID ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS
AS FAR INLAND AS POSSIBLE. ONCE IN THE SHELTER...REMAIN THERE UNTIL
GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BECOMING EAST AT 30 TO 40 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL BUILD THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
REACHING 13 TO 16 FEET. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE AS THE
STORM PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN...
INCREASING THE CHANCE OF MUDSLIDES ON THE LAGOON HIGH ISLANDS.

...SATAWAL AND PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
EVENING. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AS YOU SECURE CANOES AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY AS THE STORM APPROACHES. AVOID ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS
AS FAR INLAND AS POSSIBLE. ONCE IN THE SHELTER...REMAIN THERE UNTIL
GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE COMING DAYS. THE ACTUAL STORM
TRACK AND DEVELOPMENT WILL DETERMINE IF AND WHEN A TROPICAL STORM OR
TYPHOON WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY BUILD AS THE STORM
APPROACHES...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 16 FEET. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET
IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN.

...ULUL AND FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AS YOU SECURE CANOES AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY AS THE STORM APPROACHES. AVOID ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS
AS FAR INLAND AS POSSIBLE. ONCE IN THE SHELTER...REMAIN THERE UNTIL
GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE COMING DAYS. THE ACTUAL STORM
TRACK AND DEVELOPMENT WILL DETERMINE IF AND WHEN A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY BUILD AS THE STORM
APPROACHES...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 14 FEET. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET
IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN.

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KLEESCHULTE/GUARD/EDSON
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