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

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

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS.

A TYPHOON WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR
FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS...EASTERN YAP STATE AND
CHUUK STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS,
GUAM, ROTA, TINIAN, AND SAIPAN.

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 AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR
FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM WUTIP WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 4.8N...LONGITUDE 149.4E. THIS WAS ABOUT 670 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS WEST. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM WUTIP IS PASSING SOUTHWEST OF CHUUK LAGOON THIS
MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FURTHER AND POSSIBLY BECOME
A TYPHOON LATER TODAY. IT SHOULD GRADUALLY TURN NORTHWESTWARD
TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING IT ACROSS EASTERN YAP STATE AND THEN
APPROACHING THE MARIANA ISLANDS THIS WEEKEND.

&&

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

GUZ001>004-210800-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.4002.190220T2314Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-
914 AM CHST THU FEB 21 2019

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ON THE MARIANA ISLANDS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS
PLAN AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR
THEIR AREA. CHECK YOUR TYPHOON SHUTTERS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN
WORKABLE CONDITIONS. CLEAR DRAINAGE AND STORM DRAIN AROUND THE HOUSE.
AS TROPICAL STORM WUTIP...POSSIBLY A TYPHOON PASSES SOUTHWEST OF
GUAM ON SATURDAY EVENING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS STARTING
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET WILL START TO BUILD FRIDAY...REACHING
10 TO 12 FEET BY SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY HIGHER ON SATURDAY EVENING.
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

...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 MPH WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE AT 15 TO 30 MPH NEAR NOON TODAY.

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

...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 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 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 24 TO
28 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECTED INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING SHORES...AND UP TO 3 FEET ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING
SHORES UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...
INCREASING THE CHANCE OF MUDSLIDES ON THE LAGOON HIGH ISLANDS.

$$

...PULUWAT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETED. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY
IN STURDY SHELTERS AWAY FROM THE SHORES. DAMAGING WINDS WILL START
SHORTLY 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 WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. 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 SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETED. RESIDENTS SHOULD
STAY IN STURDY SHELTERS AWAY FROM THE SHORES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. ALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORTS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING NORTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 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 COMPLETION 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
IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS WILL REACH DAMAGING LEVELS OF 40 TO 55 MPH BY THIS
EVENING THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO TYPHOON FORCE OF 65 TO 75 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
EARLY THIS EVENING. 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
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

CHAN
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