[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM FENGSHEN (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
232 PM ChST Thu Nov 14 2019

...TROPICAL STORM FENGSHEN HEADING TOWARD PAGAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN, PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
ISLANDS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN, PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN, PAGAN, AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS. DAMAGING WINDS,
INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE, ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING
WITH TYPHOON CONDITIONS, INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE, EXPECTED
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CHST, TROPICAL STORM FENGSHEN WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE
17.2N AND LONGITUDE 149.0E. THIS WAS ABOUT 205 MILES EAST OF
ALAMAGAN. FENGSHEN WAS MOVING WEST AT 18 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK SHOWS FENGSHEN PASSING JUST SOUTH OF PAGAN
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM. FENGSHEN WILL BE
INTENSIFYING AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON AFTER MOVING WEST OF
PAGAN. ANY SMALL VARIATIONS IN THE MOTION OF FENGSHEN WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO EXPECTED WIND IMPACTS FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 PM, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

...TYPHOON WATCH IN EFFECT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE WELL UNDERWAY FOR THE ONSET OF DAMAGING WINDS
LATE THIS EVENING AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ENSURE
YOU HAVE SUITABLE SHELTER AND ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF FOOD, WATER, AND
NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES. KEEP A RADIO READY FOR RECEIVING STORM
INFORMATION.

.WIND INFORMATION...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
TROPICAL STORM FENGSHEN APPROACHES. DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL INCREASE
TO NEAR-TYPHOON FORCE OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. ONCE FENGSHEN HAS MOVED WEST, WINDS WILL QUICKLY
DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

.STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 14 TO 18 FEET IS EXPECTED, MAINLY ALONG WINDWARD
SHORES. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE.

.OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE FOUND NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE
CENTER OF FENGSHEN.

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