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TROPICAL STORM WUTIP (02W)  LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
350 PM CHST WED FEB 20 2019

...TROPICAL STORM WUTIP (02W) INTENSIFYING NORTHWEST OF NUKUORO...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE.

A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE.

A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FANANU AND ULUL IN
CHUUK STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI
STATE...AND LUKUNOR...LOSAP AND CHUUK IN CHUUK STATE.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL IN YAP STATE.

A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS WINDS OF 74 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS OR ARE OCCURRING.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM...TROPICAL STORM WUTIP (02W) WAS LOCATED NEAR 4.7N 154.2E.
THIS WAS ABOUT 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF NUKUORO...ABOUT 65 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR...180 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP...250
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK AND 885 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. STORM
MOTION WAS WEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT TRACK FOR TROPICAL STORM WUTIP (02W) IS TOWARD THE
WEST...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE IN THE NEXT
6 TO 12 HOURS. WUTIP IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TYPHOON AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY MORNING.

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

...NUKUORO...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AVOID ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.
REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...
AND INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE PREPARATIONS NEARLY COMPLETE FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
FOR LUKUNOR. 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 30 TO 40 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 KNOTS
THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING EAST AT 40 TO 50 KNOTS THIS EVENING. WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND COULD FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE THURSDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD REACHING UP TO
17 FEET OVERNIGHT. 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...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THURSDAY MORNING. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 THROUGH THURSDAY. THE ACTUAL STORM
TRACK AND DEVELOPMENT WILL DETERMINE IF AND WHEN A TROPICAL STORM OR
TYPHOON WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...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 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN.

...ULUL AND FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE PREPARATIONS NEARLY COMPLETE FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS EVENING FOR FANANU AND BY
EARLY MORNING FOR ULUL. 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 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 KNOTS
TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 14 FEET OVERNIGHT.
INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
TONIGHT.

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THURSDAY MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE DAY. 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 25 TO 35 KT WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 55 KT THURSDAY
MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO
TYPHOON FORCE BETWEEN 60 TO 70 KNOTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BY
THURSDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY BUILD UP BETWEEN 14 AND
18 FEET TONIGHT. INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN.

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ONSET OF
DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY FRIDAY MORNING...AND
DANGEROUS TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION
AS YOU SECURE CANOES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY AS WUTIP 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 INCREASE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME A TYPHOON FORCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 8 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD AS THE STORM APPROACHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET OR MORE IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN.

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