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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
310 PM CHST SAT MAR 16 2019

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W SOUTHEAST OF YAP MOVING WEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 7.7N...LONGITUDE 139.4E. THIS WAS

ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH OF ULITHI
ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP
ABOUT 135 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
ABOUT 325 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL
ABOUT 345 MILES EAST OF KOROR
ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM

03W WAS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED WITH ISOLATED
CLUSTERS OF DEEP CONVECTION. THUS...TD 03W HAS SEEN NO
INTENSIFICATION THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK
MAINTAINS A WEST TO WEST-SOUTHWEST HEADING THAT WILL BRING 03W OVER
KOROR SUNDAY AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES REMAIN
IN EFFECT FOR ISLANDS CLOSEST TO THE FORECAST PATH IN CASE 03W
INTENSIFIES.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM 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 WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH
OF YAP...MEANING YAP WILL RECEIVE THESE STRONGER WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND ANY SMALL OR LOOSE
OBJECTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL REACH HAZARDOUS HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 11 FEET ON NORTH FACING
REEFS AND 10 TO 14 FEET ON EAST FACING REEFS AS 03W PASSES BY THIS
EVENING. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE. SURF WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED AT NGULU. BASED ON THE
LATEST FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF 03W IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST
SOUTH OF NGULU THIS EVENING. SINCE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE NORTH OF
THE CENTER...NGULU SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE THESE STRONG WINDS THIS
EVENING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS 03W COULD STILL
INTENSIFY MORE THAN EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AS
SEAS WILL RISE WITH THE APPROACH OF 03W.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL TURN EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND BUILD TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS COULD GUST UP
TO 40 MPH IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND
MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS
POSSIBLE. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT AS 03W PASSES.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL NOT EXPECTED AT KAYANGEL. HOWEVER...THE
CENTER OF 03W IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF KAYANGEL SUNDAY
MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS 03W COULD
INTENSIFY MORE THAN EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT AS
SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING AS 03W APPROACHES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL TURN EAST SUNDAY MORNING AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN SHOWERS.
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER 03W HAS PASSED BY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 14
FEET ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. INUNDATION
OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE. SURF WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MIDDAY SUNDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS 03W
PASSES.

...KOROR...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT KOROR. HOWEVER...TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 03W IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
INTENSITY AS IT PASSES NEAR OR OVER KOROR SUNDAY. A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AS 03W COULD STILL INTENSIFY.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT AS SEAS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT AS 03W
APPROACHES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL STEADILY INCREASE TONIGHT TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN SHOWERS. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING
IN THE EVENING. WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK SHOWING 03W PASSING
OVER KOROR SUNDAY...WIND DIRECTIONS ON SUNDAY WILL VARY WHETHER ONE
IS JUST NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE TRACK...AND SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK
WILL CAUSE CHANGING WIND DIRECTIONS FOR EACH LOCATION. HOWEVER...WIND
SPEEDS WILL BE THE SAME WHETHER NORTH OR SOUTH. WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY
BEGIN SUBSIDE SUNDAY EVENING AFTER 03W HAS PASSED.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS 10 TO 14 FEET ON NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS
POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS 03W PASSES.

$$

W. AYDLETT
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