[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTPQ81 PGUM 170439
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
239 PM CHST SUN MAR 17 2019

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W NOW WEST OF KOROR AND MOVING AWAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 7.2N...LONGITUDE 134.1E. THIS WAS ABOUT

 30 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KOROR
 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAYANGEL
245 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU

03W WAS MOVING WEST AT 17 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30
MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W REMAINS DISORGANIZED BUT DEEP CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO FLARE UP NEAR AND NORTH OF THE CENTER. THIS COULD ALLOW
SLIGHT INTENSIFICATION TODAY. THE LATEST FORECAST SHOWS A SMALL
INCREASE IN MAXIMUM WINDS...TO AROUND 35 MPH LATER TODAY AND ON
MONDAY...BEFORE 03W BEGINS TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN. A STEADY WEST TO
WEST-SOUTHWEST HEADING WILL KEEP 03W MOVING AWAY FROM KOROR THIS
AFTERNOON.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

...NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED BUT MAINTAIN
CAUTION AS PASSING SHOWERS COULD BRING STRONG GUSTS AT TIMES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 15
MPH BY TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

...KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY
NOW THAT 03W HAS JUST PASSED TO THE WEST OF KOROR. HOWEVER...THE
STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST RAINS ARE STILL OCCURRING. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN SECURED AS SEAS AND WINDS WILL STILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS
AFTERNOON.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AFTER 03W HAS PASSED.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS
POSSIBLE. SURF WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS THIS
EVENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AS
03W CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY.

...KOROR...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY
NOW THAT 03W HAS JUST PASSED TO THE WEST. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST
WINDS AND HEAVIEST RAINS ARE STILL OCCURRING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN SECURED AS SEAS AND WINDS WILL STILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS
AFTERNOON.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AND DECREASING THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL
QUICKLY DECREASE TO BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SURF
WILL BRIEFLY REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 7 TO 9 FEET ALONG WEST FACING
REEFS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SURF WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS 03W
MOVES FARTHER AWAY. INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

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W. AYDLETT
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