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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
835 PM CHST FRI MAR 15 2019

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W MOVING WEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND YAP AND NGULU IN
YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE AND KAYANGEL IN PALAU.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 8.2N...LONGITUDE 142.2E. THIS WAS ABOUT

155 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIS
205 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI
295 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF YAP
320 MILES EAST OF NGULU
405 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM
510 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL
530 MILES EAST OF KOROR

03W WAS MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W STILL HAS NO DAMAGING WINDS...AND IN THE
CURRENT FORECAST IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MUCH FURTHER. WATCHES ARE
BEING ISSUED FOR THE ISLANDS CLOSEST TO THE FORECAST PATH IN CASE 03W
INTENSIFIES SLIGHTLY MORE THAN FORECAST.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 AM CHST EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED AT YAP. HOWEVER...THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND 03W IS EXPECTED TO PASS
SOUTH OF YAP...MEANING THAT YAP WILL RECEIVE THESE STRONG WINDS AS
THE CENTER OF 03W PASSES BY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT AND
ANY SMALL LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL TURN EAST ON SATURDAY AND BUILD
TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WINDS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...IF 03W INTENSIFIES MORE THAN FORECAST.
WINDS WILL THEN TURN SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF COULD REACH HAZARDOUS HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 11 FEET ON NORTH FACING
REEFS AND 10 TO 14 FEET ON EAST FACING REEFS AS 03W PASSES ON
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY AS 03W PASSES TO THE SOUTH LATE
TONIGHT...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.


...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED AT NGULU. THE CENTER OF 03W
IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PASS JUST NORTH OF NGULU SATURDAY AFTERNOON
OR EVENING. SINCE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE NORTH OF THE CENTER...NGULU
MAY NOT SEE THAT MUCH WIND. NEVERTHELESS...A WATCH IS BEING ISSUED
SINCE 03W COULD INTENSIFY MORE THAN EXPECTED AND COULD MOVE SOUTH OF
THE FORECAST TRACK. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT AS SEAS WILL
RISE AS 03W PASSES NORTH OF NGULU.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO
BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN TURN WEST AND FINALLY
SOUTH EARLY SUNDAY. GRADUALLY WINDS WILL RETURN TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO
20 MPH AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF COULD INCREASE TO HAZARDOUS 9 TO 12 FEET ON NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS. NO SUBSTANTIAL INUNDATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NGULU COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN AS 03W PASSES TO THE NORTH
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.


...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED AT KAYANGEL. THE CENTER OF
03W IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PASS 30 TO 40 MILES NORTH OF KAYANGEL
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SINCE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE NORTH OF THE
CENTER...KAYANGEL MAY NOT SEE THAT MUCH WIND. NEVERTHELESS...A WATCH
IS BEING ISSUED SINCE 03W COULD INTENSIFY MORE THAN EXPECTED AND
COULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST TRACK. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO
PORT AS SEAS WILL RISE AS 03W PASSES NORTH OF KAYANGEL.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL TURN NORTHWEST SUNDAY MORNING
AND WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DIMINISHING TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH
IN THE LIGHT WINDS SOUTH OF 03W. GRADUALLY WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF COULD INCREASE TO HAZARDOUS 9 TO 12 FEET ON NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS. NO SUBSTANTIAL INUNDATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
KAYANGEL COULD RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AS 03W PASSES TO THE
NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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STANKO
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