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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM WUTIP (02W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
509 AM CHST THU FEB 21 2019

...TROPICAL STORM WUTIP PASSING SOUTH OF CHUUK LAGOON...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATAWAL IN YAP STATE AND
PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR...LOSAP...
CHUUK...FANANU AND ULUL IN CHUUK STATE.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM...TROPICAL STORM WUTIP WAS LOCATED NEAR 5.5N 152E. THIS
WAS ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LOSAP...135 MILES SOUTH OF
CHUUK AND 230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PULUWAT. STORM MOTION WAS WEST
AT 13 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM WUTIP IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
TODAY...PASSING SOUTHWEST OF CHUUK LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN SOUTH
OF PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE NEAR THIS EVENING. WUTIP IS FORECAST TO
BECOME A TYPHOON LATER TODAY.

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

...LUKUNOR AND NEARBY ISLANDS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD
REMAIN IN STURDY SHELTERS AWAY FROM THE SHORES UNTIL GIVEN THE ALL
CLEAR. ALL INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED ON FRIDAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE AT 15 TO 30 MPH AFTER SUNRISE.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET
BY NOON. INUNDATION UP TO ONE FOOT IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...CHUUK...LOSAP AND FANANU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN IN STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM THE SHORES. ALL
BOATS SHOULD STAY IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY
NOON TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE FURTHER AND FALL BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 20 TO 24 FEET WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF OF 22 TO
25 FEET THEN PEAK NEAR 28 FEET BY MID MORNING. EXPECTED INUNDATION
OF 1 TO 2 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES...AND UP TO 3 FEET
ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING SHORES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...
INCREASING THE CHANCE OF MUDSLIDES ON THE LAGOON HIGH ISLANDS.

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS MUST BE DONE BEFORE SUNRISE. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY
IN STURDY SHELTERS AWAY FROM THE SHORES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED
AFTER SUNRISE AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. ALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORTS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS WILL REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
65 MPH AFTER SUNRISE. THEY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND REACH
TYPHOON FORCE OF 70 TO 80 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL GRADUALLY BUILD TO BETWEEN 16 AND
20 FEET BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS LIKELY.

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

...ULUL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS MUST BE DONE BY SUNRISE. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY IN
STURDY SHELTERS AWAY FROM THE SHORES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID MORNING. ALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORTS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY MID
MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND REMAIN AT DAMAGING LEVELS THROUGH TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 12 AND 15 FEET
BY NOON TODAY. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

...SATAWAL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS MUST BE RUSH TO COMPLETE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENTER STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM THE SHORES BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING AND
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN
PORTS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS WILL REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF 40 TO 55 MPH BY THIS
EVENING THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO TYPHOON FORCE OF 55 TO 60 MPH BY
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL GRADUALLY BUILD TO BETWEEN 12 AND
15 FEET BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE PEAKING NEAR 16 FEET LATE
TONIGHT. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS LIKELY.

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

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATE STURDY SHELTERS AWAY FROM THE SHORES AND
STORE FOOD AND WATER. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY
MORNING...AND DANGEROUS TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
EVENING. ALL BOATS MUST RETURN TO PORT BY THIS EVENING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE REACHING
DAMAGING LEVELS OF 40 TO 55 MPH BY FRIDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH AND GREATER ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL STEADILY BUILD THROUGH THIS EVENING
AND REACH 9 TO 11 FEET LATER TONIGHT AND 12 TO 15 FEET BY FRIDAY
MORNING. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.

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

$$

CHAN
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