[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
905 AM CHST SAT JAN 5 2019

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W FORMS SOUTHEAST OF MAJURO...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR MILI, MAJURO,
AILINGLAPLAP AND KWAJALEIN.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON MAJURO...KWAJALEIN/EBEYE...AILINGLAPLAP AND MILI IN
THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MILI, MAJURO, AILINGLAPLAP,
AND KWAJALEIN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 4.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 174.0
DEGREES EAST. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT
15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
A PERSISTENT AREA OF CONVECTION NEAR THE DATELINE AND THE EQUATOR
HAS MOVED NORTH AND HAS DEVELOPED INTO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W. THE
DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AND TAKE A GENERAL
WESTERLY TRACK SOUTH OF A STRONG SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND BRISK TRADE
WINDS.


.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 300
PM CHST.


...MAJURO...KWAJALEIN...AILINGLAPLAP AND MILI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY INTER-ISLAND BOAT TRAVEL SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THE DEPRESSION
PASSES AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH COULD INCREASE TO 45 T0 50 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS BY MONDAY MORNING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD SECURE ANY
OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE IN HIGH WINDS AND SECURE BOATS
AND CANOES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET TODAY WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 FEET BY SUNDAY.
SOME COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ON WINDWARD
EXPOSURES. RUNWAY CATCHMENT FOR DRINKING WATER COULD BE CONTAMINATED
BY SALT WATER.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE
MARSHALL ISLANDS, WHICH COULD BRING LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN.

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NIERENBERG/GUARD
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